r i SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Jean Beliveau earns four points in Canadicns win over Maple Leafs Hangers help own cause with 4 3 victory over last place Bruins Commercial bonspiel to begin on weekend with 76 rinks entered See Page 6 i TH Phone IOgon 4 2441 Vol 6 No 59 Brp k 4 - l jr VU v t Sz SUGGESTED SOLUTION to the problem of traffic flow in the Queensway - Pa Patricia � tricia - George area was presented for councils consideration this week by city employees Purpose of the change is to eliminate present congestion INTERSECTION TO CHANGE Traffic Tangle Under Study Changes necessary at a difficult- city intersection might hinge on recommendations pre sented to the city by an As Associated � sociated Engineering Services Ltd town planner The corner where Queens way Patricia George and im immediately � mediately surrounding streets mingle is due to be changed this year Council has not met to con consider � sider a city committees recom recommendation � mendation to have the AES re review � view town planning A plan compiled by City Manager Arran Thomson and Works Superintendent Bill Jones met with indifference when shown to the committee Its still not quite right said Aid Harry Loder as he looked at the proposal According to plan as explain explained � ed in The Citizen early in 19G2 Queensway would be split into two levels north of George to facilitate traffic movement Travelling north on Queensway no left turn could be made un until � til reaching Fifth Purpose of two traffic islands would be to permit non stop traffic flow Although action by council neednt be taken immediately woik is expected on the site this spring VKla BuylXOUOTSKs Of Canadian Uranium OTTAWA CP Britain is expected to agree late next month to fulfil a 1957 commitment to buy 12000 tons of Canadian uranium Trade Minister Hecs parliamentary secretary told the Commons Vcmesday night current British Canadian negoti negotiations � ations on uranium purchases arc expected to be completed by late April But he gave no details as to the price Britain will pay for the uranium or the dates that it will be delivered Former BC Woman Seeks Cons Parole WALPOLE Mass AP Fran McKearncy was wearing her good luck jewelry today at a parole board Hearing for the man she hopes to marry Miss McKearncy 35 from Fort St John now employed in a Boston hospital was to testify for Joseph A Flaherty 39 serv serving � ing 31 to 41 years for rape burglary and other crimes Flaherty would normally be eligible for parole two years Now Hear Tkis Shriners have prepaicd for the worst in their charity hoc hockey � key game against the Elks 8 pm Saturday in the Coliseum Dr R E Brown will bo in at attendance � tendance and Chiropractor Crusher Madill will play on the Shrine team Carling Brew Rep Brick and Pat McLennan hosted a couple of couples just before the PG Hotelmens grand shindig last night What will you luo Brick asked his guests I can pour you anything but a beer I forgot to get some in Con Consulting � sulting engineers on the Eraser bridge job arc trying to guess how long the ice will hold out for the cross river walkway Theyre not getting much help from local residents w hose guesses range from at least another month to it should havo gone out a week ago Young lady had a valise mysteriously disappoar from hallway of a city apaitment block After she reported it to police the case reappeared just inside the door doorway � way later in the evening Ron Tourney says he owns brown Volks licenced 442 501 mentioned yesterday as having passed the speed limit on Sev enth but denies the accusation on grounds he didnt drive along Seventh But eyewitness sug gests Hon drove along Seventh and stopped beside city hall unless of course someone else was driving it Lad phoned CKPG about a house burning down but CKPCI type didnt be lieve the yarn and suggested the chap who phoned should check it out Obligingly the lad made a long distance call found out the story was true then phoned CKPG again What gripes him he says is that radio boys didnt acknowledge his effort or use the story Traffic counter on Queensway at Patricia is to inform the works department of traffic flow in area prior to possible reconstruction Same count was taken recently on George Capacity audience at Vancou Vancouver � ver Symphony Orch concert last night had no trouble getting Conductor Irwin Hoffman to play encores He said hed heard Thursday is best local tv night and those who skipped tv for symphony deserved something extra Citys new concert grand piano wasnt used by symphony because orch de decided � cided at last minute to play iroin floor instead of stage and Civic Props Boss man Bill Woycik said moving tho piano would have meant paying overtime to eight men lie wouldn t use vol unteers jn case they dropped it CBC will featuie Indian mis mission � sion at Minskinisht now Cedar vale between Hazelton and Terrace at 1015 tonight from now but if his petition for commutation of sentence were approved he would qualify for immediate release Flahertys lawyer said No one has approached me in op opposition � position to the petition Im wearing a pendant and matching earrings that Joe gave me some time ago Miss Mc McKcarncy � Kcarncy said Joe asked me to wear them for luck Miss McKearncy first heard of Flaherty in a magazine that told of a Massachusetts prison riot She was working then as a civilian secretary for tho Ca nadian Army in the Yukon On an impulse I sent him a Christmas card One letter led to another and wc fell in love Miss McKearncy said she planned to ask tho parole board to give us this one chance to make something of our lives She said she has visited Fla herty weekly for several years and he is a completely re reformed � formed and penitent man VOTE CHANCE EVAPORATES IN HOT DEBATE E CITIZEN The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY MARCH 23 1962 AT BENNETT Sseg Heir Yelled By Anqrv ML As Home Contents Lost In Blaze in District Fire has destroyed a home in the Chief Lake area Building and contents were valued at 11000 The home occupied by the Dan Entzmingcr family on the Chief Lake road caught fire about noon Wednesday it was learned today It is believed cause of the fire was sparks leaking through a metal chimney in the ceiling and attic Owner of the house was Henry Rohn One of the Entzmingcr children received a slight burn during the fire TO DISCUSS COMPETITION US Canada Lumber Meet Asked by Yanks PORTLAND AP Two lumber officials Thurs Thursday � day suggested a US Canada conference of lumber representatives to discuss the problem of Canadian competition in US markets G Cleveland Edgctt and Dr II Dewayne Kreager presented several proposals aimed at as assisting � sisting Pacific Northwest lum lumber � ber producers Edgctt is assistant to the ex executive � ecutive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermens As Association � sociation and Kreager is a Seattle economic consultant They were addressing the as association � sociation Pacific Northwest producers say they are being severely hurt by Canadian competition particularly on the Atlantic Seaboard--- A The two men said repeal of the Jones Act which requires US intercoastal shipping to be carried in US flag ships is politically unfeasible v American producers say Ca Canadian � nadian producers have an ad vantage over them because they can ship cheaper on foreign ships to US ports When asked if they were rec recommending � ommending that the fight to eliminate the Jones Act be given up Edgctt and Kreager said we never give up on any fight The men presented a resolu tion urging that all necessary steps be taken to eliminate the substantial advantages available to foreign competitors Beside the Canada US meet meeting � ing to be arranged by the com commerce � merce department the motion suggested A recommendation that the National Lumber Manufactur Manufacturers � ers Association undertake a thorough market study with the objective of expanding the export of US forest products WASHINGTON AP The Senate commerce committee will hold hearings soon on tho depressed conditions of tho US Pacific Northwest lumber mar market � ket part of which has been blamed on Canadian competi competition � tion Senator Warren G Magnuson of Washington head of the com committee � mittee wrote to federal depart departments � ments and agencies concerned to be ready to offer solutions to the problem at the hearings The depression in the North Northwest � west lumber industry is intensi intensifying � fying daily and immediate solu solutions � tions arc necessary if the com mcrce of the Northwest is not to suffer permanent damage the senator wrote UNDER TABLE DEALS CHARGED REGINA KT Liberal Alex Cameron Thursday accused the CCF government of under-the-table oil and min mineral � eral deals involving govern government � ment employees Mr Cameron said in the legislature the government employees involved broke no law because the Legislative Assembly Act was changed to permit members of the leg legislature � islature to indulge in1 such activities Premier Lloyd leaped to his feet to deny there is any substance of truth whatsoever in that statement fcB nmm Mostly cloudy with occasional showers of wet snow or rain early Saturday A little milder Winds light southerly Low to tonight � night and high Saturday at Prince George 20 and 35 Qucs ncl 25 and 38 Smithers 28 and 38 Sunday outlook unsettled Peace River Cloudy with snow beginning Saturday morn morning � ing Not quite so cold Winds easterly 15 Low tonight and high Saturday at Grande Prai Prairie � rie 15 and 25 Last 24 Hours Hi Lo Prec Prince George 31 20 04 Terrace 38 28 Smithers 31 23 Quesncl 40 26 Williams Lake 41 19 Kamloops 49 31 Whitehorsc 4 -21 Fort Nelson 2 -G Fort St John 10 -4 Dawson Creek 13 2 08 08 01 01 05 09 02 Whitehorsc has had record lows for the last three days Readings were -17 -15 and -21 breaking 1959 readings of -15 -14 and -9 respectively LIBERAL NOMINATION ABBOTSFORD CP Yarrow school principal Walter Fergu Ferguson � son Thursday night was nom nominated � inated Liberal candidate for the Eraser Valley constituency in the next federal election VICTORIA CP A sometimes uproarious leg legislature � islature wound up an eight hour debate on BC Elec Electric � tric Co takeover legisla legislation � tion at 130 am today with a wild scene in which oppo opposition � sition members shouted sicg heil as Premier Bennett bellowed that were for the common people Two bills concerned with the take over were pushed through second reading approval in principle by the government majority after the opposition called for an election to let the people decide whether they wanted justice or Bennett Some of the wildest outbursts in the BC House in several years developed as the opposi opposition � tion claimed the government was tearing down the demo democratic � cratic system by refusing the rights of the individual to ac access � cess to the courts and in so doing was not solving its BC Electric dilemma In essence said lawyer Alan Macfarlanc L Oak Bay its principle is to tear down our system of government and make this government su prcmc over all of Canada and over all of the people Let Premier Bennett call an election and let the people decide whether were going to have justice or have Bennett Opposition Leader Strachan This isnt legislation This is a sickness a mental sickness Gordon Gibson L North Vancouver said the bills must have been drafted by Premier Bennett while he was insane for an hour or two Liberal Leader Perrault said the day will go down inhistory as a day of infamy The debate raged as the House gave second reading to amendments to the original BC Electric take over legislation and to a bill setting up the BC Hydro and Power Authority un der which BC Electric is to be merged with the BC Power Commission Premier Bennett said the amendments he introduced dont change the principle of the original takeover legisla legislation � tion passed last August He said the government has refused to submit to high-pressure tactics to change its stand wc dont wilt Wc dont quit We dont scare As he yelled that the Liber Liberals � als arc for special interests the NDP CCF arc for labor bosses were for the common people the opposition members erupted into Uie shouts and lifted their arms in mock Nazi type salute Opposition Leader Strachan shouted sicg heil and David Barret NDP CCF Dewdney yelled King Cecil the first DRAMA FESTIVAL IRWIN HOFFMAN 850 in audience Symphony Called Back for Four Encores Here By BERNICE ROBERTS Citizen Womens Writer Conductor Irwin Hoffman and the Vancouver Symphony Or Orchestra � chestra were called back for four encores by an appreciative audience following the Thurs Thursday � day evening performance at the fieldhousc About 850 people were in at tendance 50 short of the num number � ber needed to clear expenses according to Bill Woycik civic properties manager The program included works of Dvorak Respighi and Mozart Encore numbers were from The Nutcracker Suite and 7c a Copy sErB r M mtn AVALANCHE HITS ALASKA HOMES JUNEAU Alaska AP An avalanche apparently trig triggered � gered by a violent windstorm swept down from the top of 3500 foot Mount Juneau Thursday and damaged 12 houses in this Alaska capltat The 200-yard-widc slide and the force of wind ahead of it shoved houses from founda foundations � tions tore off roofs and snap snapped � ped trees and light poles The only injury reported was to one housewife who suffered minor glass cuts HOLST General The March to the Scaffold mstanccs inthe northern interi which Mr Hoffman said he was playing in place of the mystery on TV right now Some 2200 school children at attended � tended afternoon concerts which featured music from The Nut Nutcracker � cracker Suite and Pines of Rome The young audience was fascinated with Mr Hoff Hoffmans � mans mtrnjrci n to the var various � ious in- -uments As music lovers left the hall they were alrca v looking for forward � ward to tho orchestras visit here on its next tour of North Northern � ern BC Liberals to Get New President A member of the executive will be named acting president of the Cariboo Feder Lib al Association this weekend and will serve until the annual m et ing April 1 when a cardMatc will be nominated and new officers elected Carter Hanbury has resigned as president and Sam Scnkpid as vice president An alleged increase in anti antiunion � union activities by BC em employers � ployers could eventually lead to a general strike in the province a Prince George labor leader warned today The general pattern of labor management relations in BC is discouraging said Jacob Hoist president of liie Prince George and District Labor Council It appears very obvious that employers are in many in instances � stances hiding behind restrict restrictive � ive labor legislation Mr Hoist was commenting on the suggestion oi a union sec secretary � retary in Vancouver that a province wide general strike be used as a weapon against what he termed anti labor legisla legislation � tion invoked by the Social Cred Credit � it government in recent years Employers aic interviewing their employees and suggesting they dont join unions Mr Hoist charged and in certain instances the employers are us using � ing the reason of unions par ticipation in political affairs He said this is happening in many B C industries and we have come across a number of A similar trend in the US was reversed following election of the Kennedy administration Mr Hoist said and unless it is reversed here wc could be in more serious difficulties in labor - management relations in this province Fish Minister Not Interested Union VANCOUVER CP The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union Ind Thurs Thursday � day demanded the recall of Federal Fisheries Minister J A MacLcan and his ieplacc ment by someone interested in the fishing industry One delegate at the unions annual convention suggested that the minister be hanged in effigy outside the union hall Delegates unanimously en endorsed � dorsed a resolution calling upon Prime Minister Diefenbakcr to replace the minister and sev several � eral delegates demanded his resignation Trophies Presented Tonight By FRANCES DITMARS Presentation of trophies to winners in elocution choral speech and drama will take place tonight in the Duchess Paik auditorium at 8 pm as the Prince George Drama Fes Festival � tival enters its final session Also on the program are the Francois Lake Drama Clubs production Dreams and the winners of various events held during this weeks festival Thursdays morning and after noon sessions at Harvvin School were devoted to elocution 80 children of eight and nine years were heard in three separate classes during the day Vernon Baylis won the top mark of 85 in the boys-under-eight class In boys under nine Malcolm Finlayson was award awarded � ed a first place certificate with a mark of 85 and David Robert Robertson � son and Billy Belter lied for second place with marks of 80 BY PETER BRUTON Waiting for Election Dont Hold Your Breath VICTORIA Prospects of a provincial election over tho Social Credit governments power policies virtually evap evaporated � orated Thursday night in the heat of an explosive debate which raged throughout the day Sources clobc to Premier Bennett said there was no chance of an election being called in the near future The semi official announce announcement � ment came after a blistering opposition attack on two pieces of government legisla tion which tha NDP CCF and Liberal members charged was trampling BC democracy underfoot Veteran political observers described the proceedings as among the wildest in recent years Few government members spoke on the issues before the House and Premier Bennett glowered and snapped at op opposition � position charges The debate which often was l educed to little more than a vicious name calling slam slamming � ming match was spaikcd by the second reading of two government bills one deal dealing � ing with the merger of the BC Electric and the BC Power Commission and the other setting new terms foe the takeover of the BCE last August The opposition bluntly ac accused � cused the government of try ing to override the authority of the courts of the land and demanded that an election bo called Premier Bennett was liken likened � ed to Cubas Fidel Castro Sources said the premier had decided the strength of the opposition attack was such that a provincial elec election � tion would not be a wise course to follow at this time This represents a retreat from his position enunciated many times earlier this ses sion that any further ob obstructions � structions by the opposition or federal government to his power policies would result in an election Premier Bennett was forced to face the opposition bar rage the first day after his return from the cast where he met with Prime Minister Diefenbakcr and Finance Min Minister � ister Donald Fleming on ques questions � tions concerning a national power grid for Canada and the development of the Colum Columbia � bia River power Among the cliarccs hurled at tho government yesterday were Only a government which is sick for power could in introduce � troduce such legislation The people of BC can have justice or Premier Ben Bennett � nett Is this BC or Cuba This isnt legislation this is sickness But the opposition was told it had unanimously voted for the takeover of the BCE last August and must therefore share the blame for anything they now felt was wrong And Allot ncyGencral Bon Bonner � ner in a hard hitting rebut rebuttal � tal speech late last night said the government had no inten intention � tion of discarding the funda mental rights of private citizens Any legislation passed in the BC House he stated was subject to a test in the courts no matter what the op opposition � position critics said Fair is fair and no one is truthfully going to say this government is going to start marching roughshod over tho rights of the individual or anything else said Mr Bon Bonner � ner Simply it is not true Seven contestants in the largo elocution class for girls-undcr-cight weic given certificates for marks of 80 or moic In first place was Valeric Kordyban witli 85 Susanne Hill was sec second � ond with 83 and Linda McKaguo third with 82 Sheryl Townscnd Carla Maxwell and Diane Bazar all tied with marks of 80 The remaining results of clashes heard by the adjudicator Thursday follow Elocution boys under 8 Jonathan Skobin 75 Ted Hamm 75 Jason Dutton 70 Theodore Milncr 70 Joey Nelson 70 Wayne Hermanson 70 Danniel Pennock 05 Christopher Laspcr 65 James Wylie 05 Gary Or linis 65 John Yardlcy 65 Keitli Dawson CO Elocution bovs under 9 Allan Paulson 75 Allan John Johnson � son 75 Robert Moss 75 Jimmy Sakavvsky 75 Barry Anderson 75 Daryl Miller 70 Jerry Smith 65 Garry Hamilton 05 Bill War mon 65 Garry McLeocl 65 Ray mond Brandncr 65 Ricky Wcisu 65 William Goudrcau 65 Victor Skaalld 65 Henry Polskin 65 Lyle Hydeggcr 65 Victor Lloyd 65 Raymond Lapointe 65 Bruce Daniluck 65 Elocution girls under 8 Judith Wozncy 75 Janice Dazi net 75 Mona Lindstrom 75 Ilonka Kristcnsen 75 Kathy Lace 75 Barbara Wiggins 75 Christine Bealt 70 Donna Ass man 70 Lynn Enberg 70 Jea Continued on Page 3