Six Hospital Trustees Elected Wednesday GORDON BRYANT term ending Give Loggers Road Ownership Group Urges VICTORIA CP A proposal to give independent loggers ownership of logging roads until the cost is amortized was heard by the legislatures forestry committee Monday It was included in a brief submitted to the committee by the Truck Loggers Association which represents the largest organized group of independent loggeis in B C The association also proposed that where any tree farm li licence � cence area held by large oper operators � ators reverted to the crown for any icason that the area be opened to public bidding as a sustained yield unit It aio- -tf geated that- ti ee farm licence holders be ex excluded � cluded from establishing quotas in the sustained yield units now existing and that at the expiry of current sales held by these operators the timber be distrib distributed � uted among independents with the established operators get getting � ting first chance at it L F Pretty president of the association said that under ex existing � isting legislation a competitor may outbid the established op 1 orator and take over the lod lodging � ging access road without paying any portion of the cost This could force the operator who built the road into uneco nomic operation to sunive or into bankruptcy he said REBELS PRINT OWN MONEY ALGIERS Reuters - Hie right wing extremist Secret Army Organization which has a virtual lule of terror over some parts of Algem has begun issuing its own paper money and coins it was disclosed today Bills and coins imprinted with the letters OAS aie cii dilating in several towns pailiculaily in the Orleans villc area of noithwcst Al Algol � gol ia Municipal officials in Or leansulle have issued warn ings that the money has no value Members of the Prince George Regional Hospital Society will elect six board members at the annual meeting at 8 pm Wednes Wednesday � day in the hospital A change in the societys bylaws has increased the number of elective seats on the board from four to six Board members will total 10 with four appointees representing the city dis district � trict provincial govern government � ment and the womens aux auxiliary � iliary Board Chairman Gordon Bryants term would not have expired until 1963 but the bylaw change necessi necessitates � tates all six seats bo up for election 4 OPPOSE SCHEMES Stamp Supporter Said Paid Voice7 VICTORIA CP Opposition to trading stamp schemes was expressed by four organizations Monday while a fifth supporting the schemes was termed a paid voice of the stamp distributing food chains Five briefs were presented to the legislatures spe special � cial committee studying trading stamp promotions in the retailing of consumer goods I The Indepenent Shoppers BKItt League of BC which said it has the signatures of 8000 BC housewives who oppose legisla tion to ban stamp schemes said the best answer to the stamp discussion is that of free choice Woodward Stores Ltd the BC section of the Canadian Hardware Association the Vic Victoria � toria Community Grocers Co Cooperative � operative Association and the Victoria Home Economics and Dietetic Associations asked for legislation to ban trading stamps in any form NO EXPLANATION Woodwards brief said the shoppers league is made up of shoppers who have been solic solicited � ited to sign cards in stores offering trading stamps We submit it has not been explained to the public that this independent voice is the paid voice of the stamp distributing food chains Nina Anthnnv renrpspntinp1 the league fold the committee there has been no attempt to conceal the identity of those who sponsored the league When it was formed Jan 31 it was announced that the league had the active support of some 150 food stores issuing stamps to customers Until the league was formed with the co op -ation of those retailers usin stamps Mrs Anthony said the shopper who is enjoying stamps who wants them was unorganized and un unable � able to make her voice heard NOT NEEDED The leagues brief said that the average housewife does not feel she needs the protec protection � tion of any government legisla legislation � tion between her and her re retailer � tailer Let the shopper and the re retailer � tailer work out their own suc cessful buying and selling re relationships � lationships as they have in the past it urged It said that proof of stamp acceptance lies in the fact that thousands of shoppers in BC already are saving gift stamps The women shoppers knew they were not getting something for nothing in the stamp plans but we often feel that gift stamps aie something instead of nothing Woodwards brief opposed stamp schemes because they build a false image which is designed to secure a customers continued patronage by binding her to one single unit of a chain by the gum of a stamp plan Now Hear This Pcihaps P G Wodehouse somewhere in the vast canon of his writings made icference to the chap who flung himself from the room flung himself on his horse and rode madly off in all directions Allan Spragge executive assistant to the BC Teachers Federation said he did But one would ex expect � pect Mr Spraggo to attribute the to of Canadas passage one vandcrhoof and Burns Lake arc best known writers Stephen on lhe tcntathc Leacock who used it in Non- lhr flartMWnt Tr In the goof department PG sense liU Novel published m Kiwanis Ncchako Club has a big piujccl in the wind ac according � cording to Past - President George Choban Hut the Kiu au aula � la lib arent sajing anything about it yet In case the deal doesnt come off If it does thats where the proceeds of Sundays big pancake mara marathon � thon will go George sez just under 1000 platters were sold double the number of the clubs first pancake feast last year and their wives who worked from 7 am to 530 pm were many of the curlers taking part in the bonspiel here Nine rinks sat down for chow at one time Sunday Parents Auxiliary to the Jaycee Youth Band will meet at 8 tonight in Duchess Paik school to discuss the pro proposed � posed concert tour to be under undertaken � taken dining tho Kaster vaca tion Quesnel Williams Lake Cooperative Play School oprn house mentioned csterday will be from 2 to 345 not from 3 to 345 on Wednesday And Mrs Joan Bennets phone num number � ber is LOgan 4 8163 Shes tak taking � ing new legislations Major Harry Gourlay of the Royal Canadian Coips of Sig nals who has been command commanding � ing officer of the national sur survival � vival courses here since they started last November has re returned � turned to Vancouver Taking over until a replacement is Included among the hungry i named is RMR Li customers fed by 20 Khvaniansjman Jim Leh- i i i TH Phone LOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 46 e cm ndUnUMMMHr hMBUm rfMw 4MM PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY MARCH 6 1962 DOROTHY heroine of the Wizard of Oz will be played by Yvonna Gabrielle in the Duchess Park Junior High School production of the musical comedy which runs Thursday Friday and Saturday She is seen in rehearsal with Munch kins Darryl Box left and Terry Young Giant US Inferiority Complex Seen by Prof TORONTO CP The US is on the brink of mass mental diseases because Americans fear they have lost pre preeminence � eminence in the world a University of Michigan professor said Monday night We cant even push the Cubans around said Dr Kenneth Boulding Dr Boulding a director of the Canadian Peace Research Institute said Canada is a little- freer sthan- the US and since it is away from the centre of the cold war with access to inform ation that would be off limits in the US is a good location for a peace research institute cnanges Leave Indians Behind Meeting Told VANCOUVER CP A group of Indian chiefs and tribal coun councillors � cillors went back to school Mon Monday � day to learn about the modern techniques of leadership The first session of a vpck long conference at the Univers University � ity of B C was attended by 35 delegates from 10 Indian agen agencies � cies in the province The world is changing so rapidly the Indians arc being loft far behind said George Manual president of the North American Indian Brotherhood Leadership has lapsed in In dian bands since the depart ment of Indian Affairs sent in its agents Mr Manuel said Policy of the present federal government is to give much of the leadership back to the Indians Leadership is the answer to the Indians major problems education unemployment and welfare said Mr Manuel With qualified leaders these problems could be worked out Abandoned Hotel Burns in Norlh HAYSPORT CP A grass fire destroyed an abandoned hotel in this community of about four families near Prince Ru Rupert � pert Monday night Haysport is across the Skeena River from the community of Port Essington which was de destroyed � stroyed by tire last July 4 A similar fire Sunday caused minor damage to the Canadian National Railways sheds at nearby Tyee more fully Leadership and so social � cial adjustment is lacking in most Indian communities It will be mostly cloudy Wed nesday with the exception of the Smithcrs area which will enjoy sunny periods Little change in temperature and light winds Low tonight and high Wed Wednesday � nesday at Prince George and Quesnel 10 and 25 Smithcrs 5 and 25 Low tonight and high Wed Wednesday � nesday 0 and 20 Last 24 Hours Hi Lo Prcc Prince George 21 12 01 Terrace 31 15 Smithcrs 26 -5 Quesnel 23 15 03 Williams Lake 20 11 11 Kamloops 32 27 27 Whitehorsc 8 -8 Foit Nelson 10 -22 Fort St John 3 -7 Dawson Cicek 3 -10 MINISTER DIES AT 92 TORONTO CP Rev E Ry erson Young 92 a retired United Church minister died in hospital Monday Mr Young who had served at several Ontario centres re- tired in 1932 while minister of the Central United Church in Carrie A year later he lost his sight and learned braille at the age of 65 Three-Year-Old Dies In Trail Home Fire TRAIL CP A three-year-old gill died in her blazing home Wednesday because people panicked and in the ex excitement � citement delated turning in the alarm Fire Chief L W Ronald said Monday night Reporting to council Chief Ronald said children playing with fire were the cause of the blaze in which Christine Carpenter died Aid Murdo Morrison chairman of the city fire commit committee � tee said bystanders were removing the childs body when firemen arrived Students To Visit Wizard The cyclone which whisked Dorothy from the plains of Kansas to the wondrous world of Oz will be re enacted Thurs day Friday and Saturday or the Duchess Park Junior High School auditorium stage Duchess Park Music and Drama Club will present an all student production of the Wizard of Oz a musical comedy of equal appeal to children and adults based on the Frank Baum fantasy novel which charmed a generation THREE ACTS Curtains will rise on the three act two hour production at 8 pm Thursday and Friday and at 2 pm Satuulay It will cul culminate � minate three months of rehears rehearsing � ing by the more than 50 stu students � dents participating Teacher Arthur Marguete the clubs sponsor and director said it is hoped the production will be the first of an annual event the major purpose of which will be to raise money for the students council The council has backed the show lo the tunc of 200 in cos tumes and sets Full houses at all three performances would net uic council cotters some 400 The auditorium has capacity of 450 Tickets at 75 cents for adults ana J5 cents tor cniiuren arc available from students or the school DOG DROPPED Toto Dorothys waggish Scot ly dog has been written out of the script for reasons not difficult to imagine but all the others remain They arc played by Yvonna Gabrielle Dorothy Rene Walters the Scarecrow David Thomas the Tin Woods Woodsman � man Jim Shannon the Cow Cowardly � ardly Lion and Betty Roberts tho Wicked Witch of the West Prince George Chamber of Commerce has protested proposed provincial legis legislation � lation which would restrict hours of operation for serv service � ice stations In a telegram today to H J Bruch chairman of the legislatures standing committee on municipal affairs the chamber voic voiced � ed its satisfaction with present regulations and its opposition to any restric restrictive � tive legislation The municipal affairs commit committee � tee beginning hearings on the question of service station clos closing � ing hours was told by a rep representative � resentative of seven major companies that service stations should be allowed to remain open during whatever hours the operators feel will meet public convenience and can be economically justified 1400 DEALERS The Automotive Retailers As Association � sociation which claims a mem membership � bership of 1400 dealers in BC asked for tightened restrictions with strict local bylaws govern ing all night operations The ARA asked that the mu municipal � nicipal act set out a 6 pm closing with local councils al allowed � lowed to grant extensions to 7 pm in winter and 9 pm in summer and award permits for longer hours to not more than 10 per cent of the oper operators � ators these to be rotated among competitors Prince George branch of the ARA will meet at 8 pm Wed Wednesday � nesday to find out the feelings of local members Branch President John Esau said today local operators are divided on the question with some favoring restrictive legis legislation � lation and others against it DIFFERENCE Theres a difference between here and Vancouver he said So many down there dont want to stay open late because thfre isnt the money in it Don Douglas district ARA representative for the Cariboo branch said operators here arc split about 50 50 on the question Cecil Ford district service station operator who belongs to the Retail Merchants Associa Association � tion and not ARA said a peti petition � tion has been circulated among Continued on Page 3 Tommy Douglas ZEN IML mi 1BU The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia Trip To North BC An address by National NDP Leader T C Douglas schedul scheduled � ed to be in Prince George March 20 has been postponed to April An NDP spokesman said to today � day Mr Douglas will be unable to be here on that date and in Dawson Creek March 21 as planned because he is to ap appear � pear on a national television piogram Mr Douglas will answer re recent � cent charges of former NDP house leader Hazon Argue on the CUC piogram Inquiry Date for his April appearance here has not been set Also scheduled to come to Prince George after the cur current � rent legislature session closes is provincial CCF NDP Leader Bob Strachan FILM OF SPACE TRIP TO BE RELEASED SOON 7c a Copy FOR SERVICE STATIONS moer oiasis Hours Proposal Local Lumber Scale Well Ahead of 1961 Amount of lumber scaled in the Prince George Forest Distiict is well ahead of last years scale at the same period with colder weather given the most credit Latest figures released by the BC Forest Service show that 261266274 board feet had been scaled to Jan 31 com compared � pared with 223313574 at the same date in 1961 Figures rep represent � resent the first two months of the new year since forestry rccoids arc kept on a December to November basis Lumber scaled in January totalled 153953314 board feet 19640180 board feet more than in the same month in 1961 The new figure included 91709823 board feet scaled in mills tributary to Prince George GOVT ANNOUNCES SPRING ASSIZE PRINCE RUPERT 01 Only one criminal case is scheduled for the spring assize sitting which began here March 6 Grcgorz Sikora alias Henry Chikora is charged with non noncapital � capital murder in the Nov 2 death of Lean Azak to Their 10 After OTTAWA CP Recipients of war veterans allow allowances � ances aged 70 and over will be able to receive the full amount of recent 10 increases in old age and blind pensions Veterans Minister Churchill announced in the Commons Monday His announcement was greet greeted � ed by opposition leaders as a victory for them Mr Churchill said that here heretofore � tofore amounts received from old age pensions had always been counted as part of the income subject to the means test under the War Veterans Allowance Act Veterans pensions and the income ceiling for the means test were increased last sum summer � mer When the old age pension was increased this year to 65 a month from 55 effective Feb 1 it was at first counted as In Income � come under the War Veterans Allowance Act Mr Churchill announced to today � day that the government had reconsidered the situation and would count the 10 increase in old age pensions and blind al lowan s as cen t from the income ceiling for veterans aged 70 and over SHELLING Be Lenient Yanks Urge Diefenbaker CLALLAM BAY Wash Al Residents of this Washington state community have Sent a folksy letter to Prime Minister Diefenbaker asking leniency for the commander of a Canadian destroyer escort that shelled the community Jan 29 One hundred and 25 persons almost all the adult population of the tiny logging community Signed the letter which said in part We arc sympathetic toward Cmdr Richard J Leir in his time of trouble We hope the government will deal merci mercifully � fully with him Cmdr Lcir of Penticton is skipper of the destroyer escoit Skeena During firing practice in the Strait of Juan de Fuca Jan 29 fragments of shells from the Skeena landed on the town Cmdr Lcir faces a court Mar Martial � tial Thursday Bonspiel Result 5 am Automotive Event Foster Edmonton 9 Clarke 4 Jensen Dawson Creek 10 Pcckham 9 Yeo Terrace 4 Cheavins Quesnel 3 Dagg 9 Lindsay Prince Rupert 7 5 am N M Smith Event It Hatch Van Vancouver � couver 10 Glans 3 Berry 11 Lane 2 730 am N M Smith Event It II Smith 10 Belsham 3 K Moffat 9 Polyk 4 Glaum 7 Rome 5 D Moffat 7 Ilamcl Williams Lake 6 Copcland Quesnel 9 Meier G Nunwcilcr 9 Gunderson 5 930 am N M Smith Event Baillie 11 II Hatch 5 Ostberg 6 Burns 4 Briggs 11 Harper Quesnel 4 Cope 8 Prentice 3 Smale 10 Camp bell Vanderhoof 5 Mclnnis 9 Engstrom 7 Astronaut Glenn Movie Star Too AP Astro and the WASHINGTON naut John II Glenn Jr squeezes space food into his mouth as he hurtles oer Africa He smiles as he emerges into dawn The light grows to almost blinding intensity as lie conies down in his fueball ride lo the sea Its all in a remarkable film taken inside hu Fiiendship 7 space capsule while Glenn made lus historic triple oibit of the I earth Feb 20 The movie got a sneak pie view Monday in a hearing room on Capital Hill The National Aeronautics and Space Adminis Administration � tration says it soon will be available for public showings The close up color film of Glenns trip from donning his space suit to a view of the cap capsules � sules recovery by the destrojer Noa -gives new excitement immediacy to flight The viewer is with Glenn as ho experiences the heavy forces in the takeoff He sees the straps of Glenns space suit floating freely about in the air as the astronaut becomes weightless I he lilm shows Glenn lifting his face plate and taking space food from a plastic bottle as he ciosscs Africa on the first oibit Pei haps the eeriest pait is when the capsule raves into the bhadow of the eailh and flies on tluougli the night It is daik in side tho capsule except for a red lit clock face an4 a few winkitis orange lights on tho control panel which can be seen reflected in a mirror on Glenns chest There Is a perceptible bump or jerk as the retro rockets fire I to elow the capule for its re- entry into the atmosphere And then the light grows to almost blinding intensity as Glenn plunges to the sea the most critical pait of the journey The film hastily edited down to 32 minutes by the spacu agency is shown without sound track Tho amount of film was limited to save weight in the capsule It was slowly exposed making thp icplay motion jerky 72 US Space Vehicles Still Orbiting Earth UNITED NATIONS AP - The US repot led to thq UN Monday that a total of 72 US space vehicles and asso associated � ciated objects were in orbit around tho eaith as of Feb 15 The report was submitted by chief delegate Adlai Stey enson in compliance with a resolution approved by the last General Assembly calling upon nations launching objects into outer space to transmit information to the UN committee on peaceful uses of outer space Soviet Union has not yet furnished any information