SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Juveniles take one - game lead by downing Nationals 5 4 Bobby Hull of Chicago ties record scoring 48th goal of the season Illness of Sad Sam Jones clouds Detroit Tiger pitching future See Page 4 ITS SPRING according to the calendar but Prince George still doesnt look too spring like from a birds eye view Theres still quite a bit of snow on the city and lots of ice on the Nechako River This aerial SNOW FORECAST First Day of Spring Not Too Spring Like This is the first day of spring At least thats what the calendar says But in Prince George and district there arent many signs of spring iiUAnd acjgQrdyTLgjQthe woathermatv vweve still got at least a little winter weather to deal fwith He says the temperature will drop to 20 degrees tonight and theres the prospect of snow tomorrow Cariboo Piince George and Bulkley Valley legions Mainly sunny but a few cloudy periods and snow showers Not much change in temperature Light winds Low tonight and high Thursday at Qucsnel Piince George and Smithcrs 20 and 35 Peace River region Sunny with cloudy periods Cold Light winds Low tonight and high Thursday at Grande Prairie 10 below and 10 above Last 24 Hours Hi Lo Prcc Prince George 35 17 trace Terrace 39 20 Smitheis 34 8 Quesnel 39 1G Williams Lake 37 4 0G Kamloops 43 28 03 Whitehoisc 13 -17 Fort Nelson 18 -25 Foil St John 22 -10 01 Dawson Cieek 25 -12 But it could be worse In 1922 the temperature was eight de degrees � grees below zero on March 21 Early this morning the tem temperature � perature hovered around the 17 degree mark But the sun came through to make March 21 1962 a pleas pleasant � ant almost c r ig like day Taking a look at the weather recorded here during the last i 50 years on March 21 1939 the temperature climbed to a record 62 Reviewing the last couple of years the weather office notes March 21 high and low in 1961 was 41 and 29 with scattered clouds and 85 hours of sun sunshine � shine In 1960 on the same day the high was 50 and the low was 30 but only lD hours of sun sunshine � shine broke through cloudy conditions Some sections of the city still report more than five feet of frost in the ground FAIR MEETING A meeting of the livestock committee of the Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition board will be held in City Hall Friday at 8 pm to complete the prize list Now Hear This Directors at their weekly and in Vancouver this morning meeting yesterday pretty well they were having quite a snow completed plans to have the V uui biggest midway carnival these parts have ever seen at the Simon Fraser Days and Exhi Exhibition � bition Aug 15 18 More details later but the local Shrine Club is working in close association with the fair on this And if any group knows how to handle a good midway its the Shriners Its happy bijthclay tomouow to our favorite gal Robyn Web ster at the chamber of com commerce � merce Shes particularly happy because shes just discoveicd shes a whole ear younger than she thoight she was Not that shes telling anybody the count City Works Super intendent Dill Jones is due back from Vancouver tonight or to tomorrow � morrow Hes been going over plans for the new water pump pumping � ing station with Associate En gineeiing Ltd the citys con consultants � sultants PG Jaycees are still busy compiling info on a recent survey of downtown shopping conditions Revela Revelations � tions should be released next month The temperature could be worse Those lucky people in the Peace River aiea cause this is the first day of spring Perhaps the fellow driving the car licenced 444 253 at noon vesterday at Sixth and Quebec wouldnt have been in such a snit if hed realized spring has arrived He signalled straight ahead forcing car to stop in the centre of the intei section Then hootin and hollenn our hero leaped finm his car and took actions bor bordering � dering on assault against the Innocent motorist Local TV last night played up an RCMP notice for a most wanted criminal The announc announcer � er asked the public to bo on the lookout for one Donald Edward Kolot alias Chas Roy Arm stiong Moon 5-foot-6 brown hair 160 pounds can be identified by an operation scar on the tummy double hernia scars knife scar on left shout der 5 inch scar on right ankle reportedly wearing horn-rim-med glasses So if this guy takes off the specs voure pre sumably expected to ask him to undress so vou can check the scars O those announcers can expect 10 below tonight are practical people vflf T Phone LOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 57 NELSON CP A high rank ing Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect leader would rather have his son fight in the Russian army than the Canadian army an Assize Court was told Tues Tuesday � day Pete Zaroubin 56 Frecdomite charged with 19 others on con spiracy to commit arson and attempted arson quoted Bill Moojelsky as saving We aic against war but in case my son would have an urge to serve in the armed forces I would sooner wish that he would serve in the Russian army other than In the Cana Canadian � dian army Zaroubin said Moojelsky spoke at a meeting of the sects 52 man fraternal council shoit ly after his return from Russia and all council members agieed with him HE CITIZEN The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia photograph of the industrial area was taken by Citi Citizen � zen photographer Hal Vandervoort from a Pacific Helicopters craft piloted by Capt Bill Ilarvle Microwave Being Built From Kamloops to PG MR C SKffi fflra K STENNER four channels ect Blames NELSON CP Stefan Soro I force behind 50 ycarfc of tcr- kin Sons of Freedom Doukho bor spiritual leader was named Tuesday as one of the leaders behind jears of terrorism in the area Assize Court testimony des described � cribed as unprecedented by au authorities � thorities on the sect was that the Frecdomite leader who lives in Uruguay even meted out punishment to disobedient sect members Never before had members of the radical sect turned against their spiritual leader and their governing fraternal council Thirteen of 20 Frcedomltes charged with arson conspiracy and attempted arson described the council and Sorokin as the Douk Prefers His Son Fight a left turn but kept going CA D inn another another I W rvUoOlUIIO PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY MARCH 1 1962 A new high capacity micro microwave � wave system which can be equipped for television trans transmission � mission will be constructed north to south through Cen Central � tral BC for BC Telephone Co by Lenkurt Electric Co of Canada Preliminary work is under underway � way on the first section of the new system which will extend 261 miles between Greenstone mountain near Kamloops and Prince George A second three hop link will extend south from Greenstone to join with the Trans Canada microwave system G K Stennei BC Tel Northern Division Manager here said Initially two north bound and two south southbound � bound channels will be in installed � stalled Each will be capable of carrying hundreds of tele telephone � phone conversations simul simultaneously � taneously A third channel can be added for TV transmis transmission � sion For BC Terrorism ronsm Crown Prosecutor T G IBowcn Colthurst in his charge to the jury termed the testi testimony � mony unique dramatic and a sad tale adding Theyve told you of an elect elected � ed body of 52 Freedomites mas masterminding � terminding burnings and bomb bombings � ings It is apparent those who testified have revolted against the fraternal council One man said Sorokin used tho words pray to God in let letters � ters to the sect meaning con continue � tinue the burnings and bomb bombings � ings The 13 accused said they had been told to lie In couit to blame violence on a former Frecdomite leader The testimony against t h e council began Monday when Akar Barisoff said Our peo people � ple aside from the committee fraternal council do not wish Continued on Page 3 ON DRAWING BOARDS 3 lature early today Pulp Mill He said the fact that the mills were now on the drawing boards was a direct result of the fact that there would soon be a surplus of power in the northern areas of the province Mr Williston said the govern government � ment had only been told of the proposed establishment of the mills during the last two weeks VICTORIA Special Lands and Forests Minister Williston was told Tuesday to stop kidding the people of BC Randolph Harding N D P CCF-Kaslo-Slocan lashed out at the minister over the gov governments � ernments power policies He said Williston was sup supposed � posed to be the minister in charge of power development yet all the announcements and all the trips were made by Pre Premier � mier Bennett This is the most ridiculous situation any cabinet minister has been in for years he said Williston was told It might be a good idea if you got on the phone to the premier in New York and found out what your power policy is for today DOZEN PIECES Harding said the cabinet was divided into a dozen pieces on the power issue and that Wil Williston � liston said one thing Attorney- General Robert Bonner another and Premier Bennett something else Mr Minister who do you think youre kidding asked the NDP CCFer You were on the negotiating team And what did you do Boy you dont know wha you did VICTORIA CP The gov governments � ernments plans for bringing Peace and Colombia River power into use was explained in detail Tuesday night by Lands and Forests Minister Williston The minister told the legisla legislature � ture the governments program in developing the two nvcrs simultaneously will bring the greatest possible return to the people of the province This program included HIGHEST PRICE Selling the provinces down downstream � stream power entitlements on the Columbia River in the US for the highest possible pi ice and paying for Columbia con construction � struction with this money Bringing on initial production of 550000 kilowatts at tho Peace River dam at load centre cost of five to six nulls a kilowatt hour which would be competi tive with thermal power to meet needs in northern and southern B C from 1967 68 until 1970 71 Bringing Mica Creek Dam on the Columbia into power pro production � duction in 1970 71 to meet de demands � mands of southern BC mar markets � kets If 1970 71 conditions permit bringing additional power on generation at the Peace River dam for export to the US for a period of 10 to 20 jeais The whole program can be phased Mr Williston said so that no cxpoit of power pro produced � duced within BC is necessary to absorb the production from the two rivers BOMBERS Fire Crews Lazy MLA Tells House VICTORIA Special Forest firefighters arc developing the habit of sitting down on top of a hill and watching water bombers do the work Cyril Shclford SC Omincca chair chairman � man of the legislative forestry committee told the legislature Tuesday It is going too far when a crew on the ground quits and goes to sit on a hill while a water bomber comes and dumps water and adopts the attitude that if it couldnt douse the fire why should we he said He said firefighters should come under direction of the army and that it should be made equal to a court martial offence for a fire fighter to leave a file just as it would be if an army man left the firing line I know of cases where men are put on the fire line and then take off to the nearest coffee shop he said He said water bombers should be used before fires get going rather than wait until a crew gets working On it Lands and Forests Minister Williston told of stepped up fire fighting procedures now being prepared for next season Schools to train men to be able to take charge oTflfes arc already holding classes in the Prince George area We will try to pinpoint the men and have them ready when we need them he said He said plans are being made for a new communications sys tern to direct firefighters with radio fiom bird dog aircraft little planes that can direct from above the fire This vcar there will oe three arm attacks from the air on forest fires by vater bomb bombers � ers by bird dog planes and by helicopter Mr Williston didnt agree that the army should have control of forest fire fighting The best and only real good firefighteis arc the ones who really know the bush and whose livelihood depends on it 7c a Copy BT OAHRTOI M SO rr Mont s Studied For Area Williston VICTORIA Special Three new pulp mills in the Prince George area are under consideration Lands and Forests Minister Ray Williston said in the legis Union Man Suggests General BC Strike VANCOUVER CP A union secretary has suggested a province wide general strike as a weapon against what he termed anti labor legislation Marinus deFcytcr of local 1G 601 of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union CLC wrote Vancou Vancouver � ver labor council the union will never vest all trust in the courts to settle disputes with government and management The BC Court of Appeal recently upheld validity of provin provincial � cial legislation prohibiting use of union funds for political purposes ON FIRST BALLOT Liberals Pick Argue To Contest Assiniboia ASSINIBOIA Sask CP Hazcn Argue was nom nominated � inated Tuesday lo contest his Assiniboia seat for the Liberal party More than 700 persons including 382 voting delegates jammed a hall here as the 41-year-old farmer took the nomination on the first ballot over a school principal The vote not announced offi officially � cially was reported to be 325 to 57 for Mr Argue Public an announcement � nouncement of the vote was that Mr Argue won by a fair majority Mr Argue joined the Liberal ranks with the unanimous ap approval � proval of Liberal members of Parliament less than a month ago after snapping his ties with the New Democratic Party with the charge that it was labor dominated Th defection ended 18 consecutive years during which Mr Argue represented the CCF in the House of Com Commons � mons Walter Gordon liberal candi candidate � date in Toronto Davenport and a campaign strategist for the national party spoke at the convention Haz n Alvo s d a few weeks 20 that he was drawn to Mr Pearson like a magnet Mr Gordon said There arc many otheis who could say the same Mr Argue said after the vote he was thankful for the confi confidence � dence the Liberals placed in him and he would accompany Mr Pearson through parts of Canada to explain Liberal pol policy � icy FOREST SERVICE HELLISH MESS TO 35000 Car Insurance Coverage Hiked VICTORIA CP The mini minimum � mum requiicmenls under BCs pink slip automobile insurance legislation are being increased to 35000 from the present 25 000 effective June 1 Legislation boosting the mini minimum � mum requirement was intro introduced � duced in the legislature Tues Tuesday � day by Attorney - General Bon Bonner � ner It marks the second time in two years that the minimum requirement has been increased in BC where two ycais ago it was 10000 for bodily injury or death involving more than one person 5000 for bodily injury or death involving one person and 1000 for property damage Last year the government changed the legislation icqtiir ing a flat 25000 covering both public liability and property damage Under the new legislation a motorist is required to have 35000 combined property dam damage � age and public liability insur insurance � ance to obtain a pink card Big Socred Attacks Williston VICTORIA Special Six foot four inch Dudley Little Socred MLA lumberman from Skccna and biggest man in the legislature started to cho much smaller Lands and For Forests � ests Minister Williston and his department down to size Tues Tuesday � day but he struck a tough knot in the wood The legislature was surprised when the big member from the Socied ranks got to his feet and said I dont think things arc tight in the foiest service branch It is a hellish mess in i which we find ourselves today DEER KILLED CHILDREN KNOCKED DOWN In the old days the forestry department gave us guidance and we had a smooth running department he said and then went on to claim that foresters of today aie school - trained and not practical - trained He told about four graduate forestry engineers going out in the woods on the Queen Char Charlotte � lotte Islands bcioming lost and search parties being sent oat Wht in the world arc we ever going to come to with foresters who if vou took them 50 feet back in the woods turn turned � ed them around twice they wouldnt be able to find their hip pockets with both hands Mr Little stormed In j ears past practical and technical men worked side by side but then a chief forester a few years back decided there was no more room in Victoiia for practical foresters Mr Little complained Technical foresters with ideals wcic in complete con tiol he charged Mr Little was bitter about the tree farm licence program This government inheiitcd a Continued on Page 3 General Dog Crackdown Ordered Conservation officers of the game branch and the RCMP arc planning a general crack down on dogs in North-Central BC spokesmen said to- Hoo Hoo Club To Be Formed Here April 6 A branch of the International Order of lloo IIoo a fraternal otder of lumbermen is to be formed in Prince George at a meeting Apiil 6 The Kamloops Hoo Hoo club will hold its general meeting on that date in the Hotel Simon Fraser inviting local lumbermen Bob Gallagher secretary manager of the Noithern Interior Lumbermens Association who will handle local arrangements said the order furthers interests of the lumber industry An important function is its spearheading of National roieat Pioducts Weeks in Canada dud the US day Impetus for the move comes from the Ulscome Willow Itivcr and Stone Creek aicas where dogs arc reported to have been running deer as well as being a nuisance to people In the last week two deer have been Killed by dogs around Giscoinc Walter Gill game branch inspector for Northern BC said Com pletc figures arc not avail able however BUMP officers said that there havo been repoits from Giscome that dogs have been knocking aown children and that there is a pack running Conservation officers and RCMP officers throughout this area will be on the lookout for dogs violating the Sheep Protection and Game Acts the spokesman said Following are portions of the two acts dealing with the conttol of dogs GAME ACT Section 22 1 No person shall use or allow a dog to hunt or run an animal of the deer mountain sheep or mountain goat family Moose arc a member of tho deer family 2 No person shall between the first day of April and the 21st day of July both inclus ivc or at any other time when thcie Is snow on the ground In sufficient quantity to interfere with the feeding or pi election of game birds use or allow a dog to hunt or run after a game bird 3 No person shall allow or cause a dog to run at largo on a game reserve 4 For the purposes of this section a A person haiboring or claiming to be the owner of a dog shall be deemed to be the owner of the dog b A dog found running an animal of the deer family shall be deemed to have been allowed to be at large by the owner of the dog c A dog found hunting birds shall be deemed to havo been allowed to hunt birds by the owner of the dog Section 50 Any owner or Continued on Page 3 ANOTHER LIQUOR VOTE APRIL 18 The Fraser Lake Indian band will conduct a referen referendum � dum April 18 to determine If lis members wish to allow liquor on the reservation It will be the fifth of tho nine bands in the Stuait Lake Indian Agency to call for a referendum on the question The Stoney Cieek Fort George Shelley Stellako and Nccoslic bands have already voted in favor of the move