PLANNING the Salvation Army Red Shield appeal which is to be conducted May 1 to 31 are Capt Douglas Warren and drive chairman Abe Wiebe Objective is 3500 With a target of 3000 last year donations amounted to just over 3500 Money is used locally There will be 90 canvassers in the field Treasurer for the Red Shield appeal is Bill Ogg Vandervoort photo HES CONSIDERING MOSCOW TRIP on 8 Day US Tour SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Sandy Koufax of Dodgers solidifies record as greatest strikeout pitcher Two rookies combine to lift Indians into first place Montreal Olympics open Allan Cup final against Smoke Eaters in Trail Thursday Sec Page 4 Foirest Fire Threatens le on East Coast HALIFAX CP yinds were weak and a heavy fiost cov covered � ered the ground as firemen entered woods near the tiny south shore village of Roscway early today to try to beat to death a forest fire that threat threatened � ened the village Tuesday There was no immedate word on damage but forest ranger Arthur Smith said he expected the flames had burned at least five miles through joung spruce and barren Winds were 30 to 40 miles an hour Mr Smith said the fire was still not considered under con tiol but he hoped the overnight frost and the drop in wind had embed it Gasline Blast Being Probed NELSON CP HUMP from thice communities are investi investigating � gating a icportcd explosion Tuesday night on the Inland Natuial Gas pipeline 1G miles west of here A CPU trackwalker eailier heard a loud hissing noise whore the 10 inch line crosses the Kool- enayt uiver near bnoiencre and piessurc on the main hue dropped to 120 pounds por square inch from 510 pounds One week ago a bomb tore out a four foot section of the line Company officials maintained gas service to Nelson through a 30000 gallon standby propane tank They said the tank can last for about 24 hours depend depending � ing on consumption in the area The tank was installed three j ears ago after a terrorist at attack � tack in the same area When he left he sceno about midnighVtheflames -were about half a mile from the nearest Roseway home- Bulldbzed fire firebreaks � breaks protected most of the community It was the first big forest fire of the year in Nova Scotia The weather office here fore forecast � cast intermittent rain for the area beginning this morning Winds of 20 miles an hour or less were expected About 200 firemen were work ing on the fire Tuesday night It started in barren land a few miles from Roseway Violent Quake Rocks France GRENOBLE France Reu Reuters � ters A violent 40 sccond earthquake shook the area to today � day causing serious damage to property One person was injured as chimneys fell on cars parked in the streets and cracks appeared in the walls of many houses The quake occurred at about the same time as the Swedish scismographic institute in Upp Uppsala � sala recorded tremors The Swedish recordings prompted reports that the US might have set off a nuclear test blast in the Pacific butofficials said the recording probably came trom an earthquake 4 KILLED IN MOVIE ODEMISll Turkey W Fears that the roof was about to cave in under a heavy rain set off a panic in a small movie house Tuesday Four persons three women and a child were killed and more than 100 injured in the ensuing stampede Now Hear This This items good news for kids The Prince George ATC Club in co operation with the Princess Theatre will ru n movies of the 1955 and 1958 NHL Stanley Cup finals and all PG Minor Hockey League players aie imitcil to watch the show The two hour show includes tull speed and blow motion shots of the teams in action At the Prin Princess � cess Sunday afternoon two oclock And its fico Chap in the drunk parade yes today aem was somiwhat lacking in his knowledge of Eng English � lish and would say only not so diunk when asked it he were guilty or not guilty Then he turned around and asked Magistrate George Stewart how much are you going to charge me He drew a ton buck fine after his question was jnteuuelcd us a guilty plea Special edition of the Seattle Times was seen around town this week weighed 3l2 pounds and contained 380 pages mostly about the Worlds Fair It also contained some publicity about Alaska including the new Al aska ferry system due to open in September and how to get to it by travelling along High Highway � way 16 from Prince George to Prince Rupert Apparently CKPGs star deejay Kenny Chang was hurt to the quick by an item in this corner Monday Actually all ou folks out there in Radioland Ken is a ery nice fella a very nice fella a very nice fella A film on a Flying Forties raid over Germany taken by US Air Force cameramen dur ing the Second World War will be shown in tho airport club room at 8 tonight Members of the PG Flying Club and their friends arc invited LONDON Reuters Prime Minister Macmillan flew out of here to New York today for an eight day North American visit He had1 an unexpected meet meeting � ing with Queen Elizabeth be for his departure Macmillans plans to meet the Queen were only disclosed a short time before he drove to Windsor Castle where he pre presumably � sumably outlined for the Queen the aims of his overseas trip Tress reports here said the prime minister is considering following up his North Ameri American � can visit with a reconnais reconnaissance � sance tpp to Moscow Bu a foreign office spokes spokesman � man -discounted the reports ife - m HAROLD MACMILLAN met Queen bound flight of two British mothers who will criss cross his American tour with a petition against US plans for a re resumption � sumption of nuclear tests During his visit Macmillan will meet President Kennedy UN Acting Secretary - General U Thantand Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker His meeting with Kennedy Saturday is considered broadly aimed at maintaining a close Anglo American alliance as a cornerstone of British foreign policy From the US Macmillan will fly to Ottawa for talks with Mr Diefenbaker April 30 and the niorning of the following day On the afternoon of May 1 he will fly to Toronto to be principal speaker at the annual dinner of The Canadian Press before flying back to London May 2 THE CITIZEM 77ie Ony Da7y Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia one tOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No lT PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY APRIL 25 196r 7c o Copy fVPA FACES CHARGE Admitted Killer Vancouver en Charles Hcathman who twice in the last week confessed he killed 10 j ear old newsboy Donald Ott ley was arrested and brought here Tuesday under a warrant alleging he is mentally ill and too dangerous to be at large He was lodged in a city jail and was expected to appear in police court today on a charge under the Mental Hospitals Act Heathman 39 was returned from Seattle to the Canadian border at Douglas after a search touched off by his con confession � fession to the Vancouver Sun Saturday He went to the worlds fair city for a holiday with 500 paid by The Sun for his ac account � count of smothering the boy to death at Vernon 18 months ago US immigration authorities said Heathman twice sentenced to hang for the killing but later acquitted by the BC Court of Anneal did not contest a de portation order issued on the grounds he failed to declare his admitted criminal record when he entered the US After his arrest in downtown Seattle Heathman told a Van Vancouver � couver reporter and detectives the confession was true There were three other devel- Continued on Page 3 Arbitration Not Satisfactory Teachers Say VANCOUVER CP Compul Compulsory � sory arbitration is no way to settle wage disputes the BC Teachers Federation agreed Tuesday Although in four hours ofde bate the federation was sharply split on a better method it de- saying as far as we arc aware cided present laws have proved Kfiirt ic nrt nlfin frit nnir cnVi Mtnci unsatisfactory icf olftf r tr move Macmillans scheduled depar departure � ture followed the New York- The federations annualycon vention asked the provincial government for new procedures with teeth in them provid providing � ing for the right to strike as an ultimate weapon Delegates overwhelmingly de feated a Cranbrook resolution favoring salary bargaining on a province wide scale but adopted a report from their agrcement committee favoring local auton omy in salary matters They recommended wage bar bargaining � gaining on a zone or geographi geographical � cal basis Charles Ovans general sec secretary � retary of the federation said it was an awkward period for sal salary � ary negotiation Wc must establish new fron frontiers � tiers he said The old tried and true procedures of other years arc not working anymore A lot of teachers are getting frustrated and reasonably so because of the executives mod moderate � erate stand in the past two years It is often frustrating belittling and filled with anxiety But wc must be sure of our ground before we move ahead again The convention was told that the overall salary gain for BC teachers in the last two years has averaged only one per cent The executive held back on de demands � mands because of public resist resistance � ance to the large number of disputes going to arbitration Sidney White of Creston chairman of the agreements committee said in many cases teachers and trustees were not talking to one another on sal salaries � aries They went through the motions pretending to concili conciliate � ate but they were really just preparing for compulsory ar arbitration � bitration LT COL ETHEL BURNELL territorial Home League sec secretary � retary of the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda will be in Prince George on the weekend Sec1 story on Page 7 US THUNDER ACCOMPANIES MONTREAL FLURRY By The Canadian Press storm dropped 2 7 inches of Montrcalers shovelled their snow on the area overnight sidewalks this morning after a J lit the Windsor Toronto region combination thunder and snow meanwhile convertible owners Bounty Tour of Both Coasts Being Planned HALIFAX CP The movie ersion of the BritUli warship Bounty is to make a tour of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America it was learned here Tuesday The Nova Scotia built version of the ship was built for -the film Mutiny on the Bounty A Noya Scotia group has offered to buy the Bounty from the movie producers but no reply to the offer has come from Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer Board Privately Damning Plan Perrault Reports VANCOUVER CP - Liberal Leader Ray Perrault said Tues Tuesday � day night the Columbia River treaty is being privately criti criticized � cized by members of the BC Energy Board He called for an objective study of the agreement If there is not unanimity in our own energy board then wc had better take another good look at it before wc proceed with it he told Vancouver Centre Liberal Association He said Justice Minister Ful Fulton � ton Finance Minister Fleming and Premier Bennett have been playing musical chairs over the Columbia acting like children who need a good spanking He said the Liberal adminis administration � tration in Ottawa had handled much more difficult negotiations in the St Lawrence Seaway with decorum and had presented a united front in talks with the UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE Russians Reject US Peace Plan GENEVA AP Russia today rejected US pro proposals � posals for international peacemaking machinery in a disarmed world It label labeled � ed them utterly unaccept unacceptable � able Valerian Zorin Soviet deputy foreign minister sharply criti cibcd the US three stage gen general � eral disarmament plan for the scond day in succession at the 17 nation disarmament confer conference � ence Zorin took particular excep exception � tion to the UN peace force sug gested by the US for main taining world security after disarmament The Soviet delegate said this force would bypass the UN Se Security � curity Council and thus violate the UN charter He said the Sov Soviet � iet Union would never agree to the establishment of such a force nor to the UN peace ob observation � servation corps proposed in the American plan He also rejected proposed compulsory arbitration of the International Court of Justice in disputes over the disarma disarmament � ment process All these proposals he de declared � clared would undermine and violate the UN charter and subjugate the UN to a certain group of countries which still dominate the UN staff US delegate Arthur Dean gave no immediate reply to Zorin Dean told the conference the US disarmament plan did not provide for dismantling arms factories in its first stage because this would require the participation of all militarily significant states This means particularly Red 14 there- had been a Liberal China which is not represented mJnistraHoninTower-ior-tic-Bnd -presumably would not pa raclmJ Columbia negotiations her said the project now would be going ahead with 5000 men employed ETNA ACTIVE CATANIA Italy Rctuers Sicilys Mount Etna was belch ing black smoke early today with explosions shaking the northeast crater of the volcano at a rate of 10 a minute WEATH Tuesdays strong winds with an average velocity of 45 and with gusts to 72 were caused by a rapidly moving cold front passing over the area according to weather department officials at the airport The record wind gusts for March was 74 set on March 17 1961 and the all time record gust of 80 was re corded Oct 31 1961 The local forecast calls for clearing this evening with sun sunny � ny weather Thursday and tem temperatures � peratures a little warmer Winds will be light southwesterly Low tonight and high Thursday at Prince George Quesncl and Smithers 32 and 60 Peace River Sunny in the morning with cloudy periods in the afternoon Wanner Winds light Low tonight and high on Thursday at Grande Prairie 30 and 55 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George Terrace Smithers Quesncl Williams Lake Kamloops Whitchorse Fort Nelson Fort St John Dawson Creek 58 2J 03 49 37 34 45 35 Gl 61 32 57 30 70 40 45 31 01 45 32 14 41 28 50 4G 27 33 Snow Hits Eastern Canada folded back the canvas tops as temperatures headed into the 70s t Driving was dangerous in the state of Maine and southeastern Quebec today as flurries lashed pre iummer snowflakes across mghwavs A few inches were expected to fall today in the eastern townships adding to the 20 inches still on the ground Snow was also falling this morning at Eon Lake 240 miles northeast of Sept lies Que whictv still has 50 inches of win ter snow remaining r Colder winds pushed into the prairies louay nsm m northern Alberta today was ex pected to move east iuto north era Manitoba ticipate in a disarmament treaty in its initial stages France which is boycotting the confer ence is also regarded as mili tarily significant Tenders Called For Hospital Tenders were called today for completion of an unfin unfinished � ished ward in Prince George Regional Hospital which will boost the bed capacity from 125 to 153 Bids must be in by 5 pm May 23 Health Minister Eric Mar Martin � tin last week gave final ap proval of working plans for the extension It is expected work will start in June with a target completion date in November City Lawyer Appointed To Senate of College MX M HUB KING three senators REASON UNKNOWN February in a Russian-American spy swap Powers 32 has been living with his 27-year-old wife in a suburban Alexandria Va apartment They have no children Early last Friday Mrs Pow Powers � ers was rushed to Alexandria Hospital and later transferred to Georgetown University hospi hospital � tal here where Dr G E Schrcincr took over the ease He released her fioa hospital Monday COAST MARKET SLOW TOO FIDEL CASTRO today branded as a cruel counter counterrevolutionary � revolutionary rumor the persistent report that his regime plans to take children from their parents and send them to Russia Its an absurd illogical idea he told a television and radio audience in a post midnight address Appointment of city lawver Hubert King to the senate of Prince George College was announced today by Bishop Fergus OGrady founder and college president Mr King is the third per person � son to be named to the 20 member senate Announced earlier were the appointments of Citizen publisher W B Milner and Judge C W Mor Morrow � row About 60 volunteers and can canvassers � vassers for the college fund attended a victory banquet Tuesday night A target of 100000 to be collected locally has been set So far 52400 has been col collected � lected or pledged Among those speaking at the banquet were Bishop O OGrady � Grady Judge Morrow city businessman Alex Moffat and Rev Peter Rogers Wife of U 2 Pilot Takes Pill Overdose WASHINGTON CP The wife of former U 2 spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is reported to have recov recovered � ered from what police described as an overdose of sleeping pills but reason for the overdose is still a mystery Police said Tuesday they tried twice to question Mrs Barbara Powers while she was in hos hospital � pital here1 but were prevented from doing so by adoctQrwhol at first stated His Powers was unconscious and later that she was conscious but too nervous to undergo questioning A spokesman for the Central Intelligence Agency where Pow Powers � ers is still employed said the matter is a personal one arid that the agency will not com comment � ment on it or corJct any in investigation � vestigation Ficcd from a Soviet jail last Alake Learning Fun Education Dean Pleads INDIANAPOLIS AP A Canadian educationist urged school teachers Tuesday to try to make learning as much fun as play for their pupils Neville Scarfc dean of edu education � cation at the University of BC suggested the result can be achieved by arranging mater materials � ials space time freedom and affection so that children na naturally � turally want to learn Scarfc told the annual study conference of the Association of Childhood Education Internation International � al that play is natures ingen ingenious � ious device for seeing that voung people become educated The teachers task is not that of directing play he said but of removing obstacles to constructive freedom in a moral atmosphere created by his own example and personality iC Bonds Sell Slowly Here Daylight Time Going Into Effect Sunday If you go to bed 20 minutes earlier than normal tonight Thursday and Friday ou wont lose an hours sleep this weekend At 2 a m Sunday BC goes on daylight saving time as it does each summer This means clocks will be advanced one hour With the switch from standard time the sun will rise later and dayworkers will have an extra hours sunshine after leaving the mill office or store Initial response lo the BC Hjdro Authoritys new 25000 000 bond issue has been slow a survey of Prince George bankers showed today Moderate was tho word which cropped up most fre frequently � quently in describing enquiries and purchases since the bonds went on sale here Monday However they pointed out it is still early to make any firm predictions auout the issues fate Sales could easily pick up they agreed One banker suggested that the issue has one strike against it in that there is no guarantee the bonds can be turned in at par value before they mature However he said this might be offset by the 5V4 per cent interest rate and the sale of 100 bonds for 9950 at least initially In Vancouver investment dealers also rcpoitcd a slow response to the issue but said that it is too early to give a definite picture of how tho bonds will sell Wcic getting some interest but its not a wild and woolly rush said one dealer Tho sales aie not large Another dealer said the price was too high for the 20 jear 54 per cent bonds with an ef effective � fective yield to the buyer of 529 per cent Tho selling price is 9950 for a 100 unit Tho bond issue will be used to pay off outstanding notes held by the authority which was set m tills month with tho merging by the provincial gov eminent of the BC Power Com Commission � mission and the BC Electric