SPORTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Gaal
and
Correlli
star
as
Juveniles
take
crown
from
Nationals
Leafs
Armstrong
helps
team
take
two
game
lead
against
Rangers
Injury
wracked
Dickie
Moore
leads
Canadicns
to
4
3
win
over
Hawks
Sec
Pages
4
and
5
Thursday
afternoon
the
first
Britannia
made
liwriiuniMuTiilcintiuki
XalpuPurcell
Vancouver
through
Prince
George
to
Whitehorse
and
back
to
make
sure
facilities
were
prepared
Under
the
new
service
Flight
21
will
leave
Vancouver
at
8
am
arriving
here
at
920
am
on
its
way
to
Whitehorse
Flight
22
will
leave
here
at
G55
pm
and
arrive
in
Vancouver
at
815
pm
The
Sunday
service
Flight
20
will
have
a
Convair
leaving
Prince
George
at
120
pm
ar
arriving
�
riving
in
Vancouver
at
320
pm
and
Flight
19
leaving
Vancouver
at
5
pm
arriving
here
at
7
pm
The
new
service
will
mean
changed
mail
times
Morning
mail
south
will
have
to
be
in
by
550
am
mail
to
Edmonton
via
Dawson
Creek
by
820
am
and
evening
mail
south
by
530
pm
MOUNTIE
TAKEN
TO
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
CD
RCMP
Cpl
Gary
Frazcr
wounded
March
15
when
he
answeicd
a
bank
holdup
call
in
Ter
Terrace
�
race
lias
been
moved
to
hospital
here
The
police
of
officer
�
ficer
had
a
leg
amputated
after
it
was
shattered
by
a
gunmans
bullet
Hospital
trustee
Mrs
Rose
Ruse
commented
during
a
dis
discussion
�
cussion
of
the
nurse
shortage
at
the
board
meeting
last
night
that
the
hospital
in
Powell
River
has
no
such
problem
be
because
�
cause
there
are
lots
of
single
men
who
draw
the
gals
to
the
pulpmill
town
So
whats
with
the
3243
bachelors
who
twiddle
their
thumbs
around
this
town
every
Saturday
night
Them
good
oldc
days
The
oldtimers
keep
telling
us
that
people
never
got
hurt
in
motor
vehicle
accidents
30
jcars
ago
Not
so
accouling
to
recently
released
statistics
fiom
the
Motor
Vehicle
Branch
In
1928
there
were
1702
persons
injured
in
motor
vehicle
acci
accidents
�
dents
and
88
persons
killed
Theyre
still
hauling
logs
on
Planer
Row
today
which
means
some
logging
roads
arc
still
passable
in
the
area
M
irtin
Caine
reported
this
ayom
that
frosty
nights
are
making
it
good
for
clearing
up
the
tail
end
of
winters
work
in
the
bush
Provincial
government
fish
fisheries
�
eries
biologist
Charlie
Lyons
left
last
weekend
for
a
two
week
conservation
officers
course
in
Vancouver
Management
ed
ministration
and
predatory
con-
REPORTS
SLATED
VANCOUVER
CPI
Special
reports
on
the
Peace
River
hydro
project
will
be
made
available
to
a
University
of
BC
group
of
professors
who
last
month
criticized
the
600
000000
project
Dr
Gordon
Shrum
chair
chairman
�
man
of
BC
Electric
and
the
B
C
Energy
Board
said
Thursday
the
professors
will
be
given
copies
of
reports
prepared
for
the
energy
board
To
assist
them
In
their
study
the
professors
will
also
be
given
the
services
of
Dr
John
Davis
BCE
research
di
rector
and
the
energy
boards
Mac
Boe
Profits
Show
Increase
VANCOUVER
CT
MacMil
Ian
Bloedel
and
Powell
Rivei
Ltd
had
net
profit
in
1961
of
27395968
or
132
a
share
com
compared
�
pared
with
21575651
and
118
in
1960
Sales
totalled
310496659
compared
with
308424089
in
the
previous
year
J
V
Clync
president
said
1961
was
a
year
in
which
busi
business
�
ness
conditions
in
the
US
and
to
a
lesser
extent
in
Canada
showed
definite
improvement
over
a
broad
field
However
he
added
this
did
not
extend
to
the
forest
and
b
u
i
1
d
ing
products
industries
which
continued
to
contend
with
the
trend
toward
lower
prices
and
higher
costs
for
many
products
The
former
were
un
unavoidable
�
avoidable
but
in
the
case
of
the
latter
important
progress
was
made
in
the
reduction
of
controllable
expenditures
which
helped
to
mitigate
the
effects
of
lower
prices
which
were
particularly
evident
in
lumber
Mr
Clync
said
the
discount
on
the
Canadian
dollar
in
rela
relation
�
tion
to
the
US
dollar
and
other
currencies
had
a
marked
effect
on
profits
and
constituted
the
principal
reason
for
the
im
I
proved
results
in
1961
Now
Hear
This
trol
arc
among
topics
to
be
covered
City
police
received
2915
complaints
during
1961
and
all
of
them
were
Investigated
This
averages
out
to
250
a
month
or
about
eight
a
day
We
hear
that
at
least
two
more
chaps
appear
interested
in
scavenging
rights
at
the
city
land
fill
dump
sez
the
city
of
office
�
fice
There
must
be
a
bit
of
a
gold
mine
down
there
Decision
by
August
DornblerT
to
visit
the
old
country
came
suddenly
this
week
He
decided
to
go
Monday
and
left
for
Zur
Zurich
�
ich
Tuesday
night
Travcli43
alone
it
s
the
first
time
ha
s
been
home
for
39
jears
Son
Harold
deputy
fire
chief
is
handling
fire
duties
until
pop
returns
According
to
Ambrose
Cies
Inger
a
service
station
oper
ators
lot
is
not
necessarily
a
happy
one
Mr
Gicsingcr
who
operates
the
Riverside
Servica
near
the
CNR
bridge
reports
that
over
the
last
few
years
hordes
of
people
unfamiliar
with
PG
have
passed
through
hs
place
asking
directions
Reuon
no
proper
directional
signs
ho
says
THE
CITI
Phono
LOgan
4
2441
Vol
6
No
64
HUGE
BRISTOL
BRITANNIA
MAKES
FIRST
VISIT
TO
PRINCE
GEORGE
trial
ptood
SPECIAL
SPEf
IAL
PEACE
PEACE
mayor
announces-
Whispering
Giant
Touches
Down
On
First
Flight
The
first
scheduled
jet
prop
Bristol
Britannia
will
touch
down
in
Prince
George
Mon
Monday
�
day
the
day
after
direct
CPA
Sunday
service
between
here
and
Vancouver
begins
The
whispering
giant
re
replacing
�
placing
DC
6
Bs
on
the
run
will
be
used
initially
for
only
a
six
month
trial
period
but
CPA
officials
are
confident
it
will
be
become
�
come
a
permanent
feature
as
a
result
of
passenger
buildup
It
can
carry
110
passengers
38
more
than
the
DC
6
Vanier
Pearkes
Due
In
City
This
Summer
Gov
Gen
Georges
Vanier
and
Mrs
Vanier
and
Lt
Gov
George
Pearkes
will
pay
official
visits
to
Prince
George
this
summer
Announcement
of
the
intended
visits
was
made
today
by
Mayor
Garvin
Dczell
Gov
Gen
Vanier
s
party
is
expected
to
arrive
here
by
CNR
from
Prince
Rupert
mid-morning
June
1
According
to
word
from
the
assistant
secretary
to
the
governor-general
His
Excellency
will
spend
24
hours
here
before
proceeding
on
to
Jasper
The
Prince
GeorgevlSitTs
part
of
his
two
month
tour
of
Western
Canada
during
May
and
June
The
party
will
travel
in
the
governor
generals
priv
ate
railway
car
Lt
Gov
Pearkes
will
be
mo
toring
north
to
Prince
George
from
Victoria
on
the
Labor
Day
weekend
No
exact
time
for
his
arrival
is
yet
known
After
receiving
the
news
to
day
Mayor
Garvin
Dczell
said
I
had
no
prior
indication
that
His
Excellency
was
coming
here
But
the
city
will
be
very
pleased
to
acknowledge
his
visit
Considering
the
possibility
of
the
provincial
cabinet
coming
here
mid
August
for
the
open
opening
�
ing
of
the
fall
fair
Mayor
Dc
Dczell
�
zell
said
Prince
George
is
almost
becoming
a
social
city
No
plans
have
Dcen
arranged
for
any
of
the
dignitaries
to
the
city
A
tour
of
the
city
and
per
perhaps
�
haps
surrounding
area
might
be
proposed
for
the
governor
general
and
his
wife
Stumpage
Rules
Short
Sighted
Say
Lumbermen
PENTICTON
CP
Present
regulations
on
minimum
stump
age
arc
short
sighted
and
will
tend
to
strangle
expansion
of
our
forest
industry
if
con
continued
�
tinued
says
the
Interior
Lum
Lumber
�
ber
Manufacturers
Association
In
a
statement
of
protest
en
dorsed
at
the
association
an
nual
meeting
Thursday
150
delegates
from
124
interior
mills
called
on
the
provincial
govern
government
�
ment
to
institute
a
thorough
study
of
the
problems
of
mini
minimum
�
mum
stumpage
considering
health
of
the
industry
as
well
as
provincial
revenue
The
statement
recalled
that
the
cabinet
meeting
in
Oliver
last
October
rejected
an
as
association
�
sociation
brief
urging
revision
of
tho
appraisal
basis
for
stump
stumpage
�
age
charges
and
a
reduction
of
the
minimum
fee
CANUCKS
TO
GET
PIPELINE
JOBS
OTTAWA
CT
Canadian
materials
and
workmen
will
have
priority
in
construction
of
a
400000000
natural
gas
pipeline
from
Fort
Nelson
to
the
US
border
near
Estevan
Sask
a
Commons
committee
was
told
Thursday
Maurice
F
Strong
presi
president
�
dent
of
Canadian
Industrial
Gas
Co
made
the
statement
to
the
Commons
railways
committee
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
FRIDAY
MARCH
30
1962
Election
Rumors
Accompany
Meet
VICTORIA
ICO
numors
that
an
election
is
imminent
spread
Thursday
night
when
a
special
cabinet
meeting
continued
un
til
almost
10
pm
Lt
Gov
George
Pearkes
stay
stayed
�
ed
in
the
legislative
buildings
almost
two
hours
after
the
house
prorogued
It
was
bejieved
the
main
cabi
cabinet
�
net
business
concerned
procla
proclamation
�
mation
of
the
merger
between
BC
Electric
and
BC
Power
A
bill
given
royal
assent
by
the
lieutenant
-
governor
passed
the
merger
but
left
the
date
to
be
set
by
cabinet
order
Premier
Bennett
has
said
the
merger
will
bring
a
drop
in
light
bills
Observers
feel
if
an
election
is
to
be
called
the
announce
announcement
�
ment
will
come
with
the
an
announcement
�
nouncement
of
bill
reductions
GOVT
TO
KEEP
BOND
VICTORIA
Special
The
Pacific
Northern
Railway
scheme
is
dead
This
bright
dream
of
the
late
Swedish
financier
Axel
Wen-ner-Gren
Bernaid
Gore
and
other
associates
for
a
700
mile
railroad
from
Central
BC
to
Alaska
lies
shattered
in
a
waste
basket
in
the
Legislature
Transport
Minister
Earl
West
wood
admitted
last
night
that
the
PNRs
certificate
has
elaps
elapsed
�
ed
and
said
its
15000
perform
performance
�
ance
bond
will
not
be
returned
He
was
answering
a
question
put
by
Kaslo
Slocan
CCFcr
Randolph
Harding
Mr
Harding
said
the
PNR
was
just
another
Social
Credit
hoax
Mr
Wetwoods
statement
provided
final
confirmation
of
40
50
BEDS
1
OF
20
Publisher
On
Senate
Of
College
W
B
Milncr
publisher
of
The
Citizen
and
president
of
Eagle
Lake
Sawmills
Ltd
and
Northern
Dairies
Ltd
has
been
appointed
to
the
senate
of
Prince
George
College
His
appointment
was
an
announced
�
nounced
today
by
Bishop
Fergus
OGrady
founder
and
president
of
the
college
Mr
Milner
will
be
one
of
20
senate
members
comprising
leading
men
and
women
from
all
areas
of
BC
h
mm
W
B
MILNER
advisor
Further
appointments
in
including
�
cluding
more
from
Prince
George
will
be
announced
in
the
near
future
The
college
senate
is
the
spe
special
�
cial
board
of
advisors
directing
policy
and
outlining
objectives
of
the
college
the
opinion
expressed
by
The
Citizen
when
during
the
sum
summer
�
mer
of
1960
the
PNR
construc
construction
�
tion
project
was
allowed
to
continue
with
a
work
crew
of
eight
men
and
one
bulldozer
The
Citizen
at
that
time
pre
predicted
�
dicted
the
railway
would
not
be
built
50
miles
in
two
years
The
newspaper
described
the
project
as
a
hoax
and
a
stock
promotion
stunt
and
said
the
token
work
of
clearing
brush
was
merely
being
carried
on
to
convince
the
public
the
Social
Credit
government
was
a
gov
government
�
ernment
that
got
things
done
When
The
Citizen
was
criti
criticized
�
cized
by
the
board
of
trade
for
printing
news
that
might
hurt
the
citys
progress
The
Citizen
offered
to
give
25000
to
char
ity
if
50
miles
of
track
were
Decision
to
investigate
the
feasibility
of
the
project
was
made
after
Chairman
Gordon
Bryant
reported
on
talks
he
had
in
Victoria
last
week
with
health
department
officials
Although
Mr
Bryant
did
not
sec
Health
Minister
Eric
Mar
tin
he
was
busy
in
the
legis
legislature
�
lature
he
said
the
deputy
min
minister
�
ister
told
him
Mr
Martin
felt
the
society
should
look
into
the
possibility
of
operating
a
nurs
nursing
�
ing
home
itself
This
would
be
almost
the
first
instance
in
BC
where
a
hos
hospital
�
pital
society
sponsored
a
nurs
nursing
�
ing
home
in
conjunction
with
an
acute
hospital
said
Mr
Bryant
It
would
appear
there
should
be
a
unit
of
between
40
and
50
beds
he
said
Estimated
cost
would
be
about
180000
based
on
a
cost
of
between
4000
and
5000
a
bed
As
a
non
profit
operation
the
nursing
home
would
receive
a
one
third
grant
from
the
provin
provincial
�
cial
government
toward
capital
costs
It
must
operate
of
a
self
supporting
basis
A
society
operated
nursing
home
adjacent
to
the
hospital
would
enjoy
a
number
of
ad
Continued
on
Page
3
Long
Legislative
Session
Ends
VICTORIA
CP
The
BC
legislatures
longest
session
in
42
years
has
ended
Lt
Gov
George
Pearkes
pro
prorogued
�
rogued
the
third
session
of
the
26th
legislative
assembly
at
816
p
m
Thursday
giving
royal
assent
to
83
bills
including
two
which
change
the
terms
of
the
BC
Electric
Co
takeover
and
provide
for
its
merger
with
BC
Power
Commission
The
merger
bill
will
not
be
become
�
come
effective
until
the
cabinet
has
it
proclaimed
expected
within
a
week
or
10
days
The
session
which
began
Jan
25
ended
after
46
sitting
days
three
more
than
last
year
and
the
greatest
number
since
1920
when
members
sat
57
days
PNR
Now
Officially
Dead
laid
in
two
years
provided
the
board
of
trade
would
pay
2
500
to
charity
if
50
miles
wcro
noT
laid
The
board
of
trade
declined
to
accept
the
challenge
Later
both
Premier
Bennett
and
Lands
and
Forests
Minister
Williston
urged
the
board
of
trade
or
the
public
to
accept
The
Citizens
10-to-l
challenge
Both
of
them
spoke
in
an
elec
election
�
tion
rally
here
and
both
pro
promised
�
mised
the
railway
would
be
built
On
June
29
1960
at
a
cere
mony
in
the
bush
near
Summit
Lake
Bennett
chain
sawed
a
tree
down
to
mark
the
start
of
construction
on
the
PNR
He
said
This
railway
will
never
Continued
on
Page
3
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Kskt
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5
i
SOPHISTICATED
American
comedy
The
Tender
Trap
has
been
chosen
by
Theatre
Workshop
PG
for
its
first
production
Shown
rehearsing
one
of
the
scenes
are
Colin
Scott
Mary
Rose
Symington
and
Art
Grinke
Production
will
be
early
next
month
See
story
on
Page
15
ZEN
The
Only
Dally
Newspaper
Serving
North
Central
British
Columbia
VICE
PREXIES
Board
Vacancies
7c
a
Copy
Hospital
Probes
Plan
for
Home
A
nursing
home
might
be
established
and
operated
by
the
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
Society
The
hospital
board
Thursday
night
instructed
the
directors
and
administrator
to
work
with
BC
Hospital
Insurance
Service
to
the
end
of
establishing
a
nursing
home
adjacent
to
the
hospital
and
to
be
operated
under
auspices
of
the
society
Filled
District
Representative
Geoff
Richmond
Thursday
night
was
elected
vice
president
of
the
board
of
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
Charlie
Graham
city
representative
on
the
board
was
elected
second
vice-president
The
men
fill
two
executive
posts
which
remained
vacant
following
election
of
a
new
board
at
the
hospital
societys
annual
meeting
March
7
Committees
were
set
up
with
the
following
appointments
Building
Geoff
Richmond
chairman
Herb
Sperling
and
Jack
Grieve
personnel
Hans
Roinc
chairman
Mrs
Rose
Ruse
and
Charlie
Graham
house
Mrs
Rose
Ruse
chair
chairman
�
man
Mrs
Phyllis
Hanbury
and
W
11
Pattenden
finance
W
II
Pattendon
chairman
Geoff
Richmond
and
Charlie
Graham
In
other
board
business
Administrator
Gordon
Townend
reported
that
repre
representatives
�
sentatives
of
regional
hospitals
will
meet
April
5
to
dicuss
pro
proposed
�
posed
regional
pathology
serv
services
�
ices
to
be
set
up
here
Nearest
pathological
laboratory
serving
hospitals
in
this
area
is
at
Kamloops
and
Mr
Townend
said
the
pathologist
there
is
overworked
and
consequently
cant
give
the
service
required
He
said
the
Hospital
Con
sultation
and
Inspection
Divi
Division
�
sion
of
BCHIS
is
interested
and
sympathetic
to
regional
labora
laboratory
�
tory
services
emanating
from
Prince
George
Mr
Townend
assured
the
board
every
effort
is
being
made
to
overcome
a
shortage
of
nurses
at
the
hospital
a
prob
problem
�
lem
he
said
was
common
to
most
hospitals
in
the
country
He
said
the
present
nursing
staff
was
overwoikcd
because
the
hospital
is
short
six
nurses
The
hospital
is
advertising
for
nurses
throughout
Western
Can
Canada
�
ada
and
would
welcome
enquir
ies
from
local
trained
nurses
who
are
not
working
The
administrators
report
showed
there
were
450
admis
admissions
�
sions
including
newborns
dur
during
�
ing
February
compaicd
with
501
in
the
same
month
last
jar
However
the
average
length
of
stay
for
adult
and
child
pa
patients
�
tients
was
up
sharply
to
95
days
in
February
compared
with
8
days
in
February
1961
The
board
agreed
to
make
a
hospital
bed
available
to
Granny
Seymour
district
cen
centenarian
�
tenarian
since
it
is
difficult
for
her
to
sit
up
in
the
ordinary
bed
she
is
now
using
VANCOUVER
CP
Federal
Finance
Minister
Fleming
emerged
from
an
hour
long
talk
with
Premier
Bennett
about
the
stymied
Columbia
River
project
Thursday
and
said
I
hope
wc
arc
going
to
reacli
agreement
He
told
a
press
conference
his
latest
conference
with
the
pre
premier
�
mier
was
another
very
good
talk
in
a
most
friendly
atmo
atmosphere
�
sphere
but
I
am
not
in
a
posi
position
�
tion
to
announce
anything
spe
cific
He
said
there
would
be
fuithcr
discussions
with
the
premier
who
is
at
odds
with
Ottawa
over
financing
of
tha
458000
000
project
and
use
of
its
down
downstream
�
stream
benefit
power
Mr
Fleming
turned
aside
all
attempts
by
reporters
to
get
at
fiTT-
BT
CARRTKH
BXSB
I
10
per
Montb
MARILYN
MONROE
and
Rock
Hudson
cuddle
for
cam
cameras
�
eras
after
the
buxom
blonde
was
named
World
Film
Fa
Favorite
�
vorite
along
with
Charlcton
Hcston
by
the
Foreign
Press
Association
at
its
19th
annual
award
presentation
in
Holly
Hollywood
�
wood
Rock
presented
the
award
to
Marilyn
PHIL
TOO
Meeting
KITIMAT
CPI
Four
North
cm
Social
Credit
MLAs
whose
constituencies
cover
controvcis
ial
Highway
16
will
meet
As
Associated
�
sociated
Chambers
of
Com
Commerce
�
merce
of
North
Central
BC
at
Ilazelton
April
1G
Highways
Minister
Gaglardi
will
also
attend
the
meeting
to
discuss
the
highway
The
chambers
has
been
try
big
to
arrange
a
meeting
with
the
MLAs
Premier
Bennett
and
Mr
Gaglardi
since
Fcbiu
ary
Concern
over
condition
of
the
highway
results
from
traffic
anticipated
with
opening
next
4
fall
of
the
Prince
RUpert
to
Alaska
ferry
system
Lands
and
Forests
Minister
Williston
Fort
George
Dudley
G
Little
Skccna
Cyril
Shel
ford
Omincca
and
W
H
Mur
Murray
�
ray
Prince
Rupert
will
also
be
at
the
meeting
Mr
Little
announced
details
of
the
meeting
in
a
telephone
conversation
with
John
Gray
of
Kitimat
secretary
of
the
as
associated
�
sociated
chambers
Post
Office
Workers
Quit
FORT
ST
JOHN
CD
The
seven
permanent
employees
at
the
post
office
here
have
sub
mitted
their
resignations
ef
effective
�
fective
Saturday
Spokesman
J
R
Barrett
said
the
move
was
prompted
by
dis
dismissal
�
missal
of
a
part
time
employee
a
few
weeks
ago
and
dissatis
dissatisfaction
�
faction
with
the
local
adminis
administration
�
tration
Post
office
officials
said
the
action
will
not
interrupt
service
They
said
personnel
will
be
moved
in
from
Grande
Prairie
Dawson
Creek
and
other
near
nearby
�
by
points
The
walkout
is
the
first
of
its
kind
in
Canada
officials
said
Fleming
Bennett
Have
Another
Friendly
Talk
additional
details
of
the
talks
At
one
point
a
reporter
asked
Mr
Fleming
When
is
the
fed
eral
government
going
to
stop
Playing
footsie
with
Mr
Ben
nett
on
the
Columbia
I
am
not
here
to
play
footsie
with
anyone
replied
the
min
minister
�
ister
I
am
here
on
serious
business
regarding
a
very
lm
portant
project
As
for
Mr
Bennett
ho
slipped
away
back
to
Victoria
where
the
legislature
was
to
prorogue
Thursday
night
Earlier
he
said
prior
to
his
talk
with
Mr
Flem
ing
that
this
is
just
one
of
a
scries
of
meetings
and
they
are
freruiept
anil
friendly
In
Victoria
later
Mr
Ben
nett
said
his
talks
with
Mr
Fleming
had
been
on
a
friendly
basis
He
said
lie
expects
to
meet
with
Mr
Fleming
again
in
a
short
time
cither
in
Victoria
or
Ottawa
The
important
thing
Mr
Bennett
iiiid
is
that
while
our
talks
have
always
been
friendly
they
now
aic
on
a
con
tinuous
basis
hSaM
mmn
Cariboo
Prince
George
Bulk
ley
Valley
Sunny
today
and
Satuiday
with
little
change
in
temperature
Winds
light
Low
tonight
and
high
Saturday
at
Quesnel
25
and
58
Piince
George
and
Smtthcrs
25
and
55
Last
24
Hours
Hi
Lo
Prec
Prince
George
Terrace
Smithers
Quesnel
Williams
Lake
Kamloops
Whitehorse
Fort
Nelson
1
Fprt
St
John
52
23
59
30
54
22
57
22
52
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