s z m i AFTER NINE HOLES of the 18 hole junior golf cham championships � pionships at the PG Golf and Country Club today defending champ Ed Gladwin held a four stroke lead over Gordon Schnepf Here Gladwin checks his score card after coming in with a 45 to top the 12 entrants in the zone playoff Vandervoort photo POWER MONSTER ussian fUES mumping Termed Security Risk WASHINGTON AIM Senate investigators were told Tuesday that oil is the principal weapon of the Soviet economic offen offensive � sive and in the last eight years has created a power monster In a matter of another dec decade � ade or two It will have pro produced � duced for the Soviet Union an industrial capacity that could make economic vassals of Eur Europe � ope and Japan and that could undermine the security of the United States Samuel Nakasian testified Nakasian a New York law- BCEValue Seen As 250 Million feVANCOUVER CPI A NewJ York appraiser Tiiesgay set a value of 250000000 the Brit British � ish Columbia Electric Company cvpropriated by the provincial government for 171000000 W C Ilucbner manager of the financial division of Ebasco Services Limited of New York told a BC Supreme Court hear hearing � ing his figure was a fair value for the giant power utility when it was taken over last August BC Power Corporation for former � mer parent company of BCE is seeking a Supreme Court declaration that the expropria expropriation � tion was beyond the poweis of the provincial government The corporation contending that the utility was worth 225 000000 also wants a court ruling on the value of the utility if the takeover is declared to be legal BCs Social Credit govern government � ment paid 110000000 at the time of the takeover and later added another 01000000 Mr Ilucbner told Mr Justice Sherwood Lett he based his valuation of 250000000 on a fi financial � nancial survey he conducted for BC Power before the takeover to assess BCEs prospects for the future The hearing started May 14 and is expected to continue for several weeks an ounce oi comentiou is wm tli a pound of hue Speaking of short skiits heres one fiom the long shorts bri brigade � gade Even the Boy Scouts are busy at the Century 21 Worlds Fair in Seattle According to a world scouting bulletin which arrived in The Citizen office this acm a rotating service coips of 40 Scouts and six lead leaders � ers will be on the job for color guard anil to provide assistance to au expected 10000 Scouts from all over the prld f t A yer specializing in foreign trade and investment said the Soviet bloc is exporting increasing quantities in return for equip equipment � ment and materials needed to strengthen its industrial base He appeared before the Sen Senate � ate internal security subcom subcommittee � mittee at a hearing conducted by Senator Kenneth B Keating Rep NY Keating called Soviet oil ex exports � ports the latest and in some ways the most effective weapon the Soviets have found in their well stocked arsenal of weap weapons � ons against free private initia initiative � tive The Soviets are dumping oil at bargain prices throughout the free world for political and miliffry as tII as i coiiomic Lreaspis lie said Nakasian testmea urn in me last 10 years the Soviet bloc has increased petroleum ex exports � ports from a minor 5000000 barrels to a colossal quarter of a billion barrels annually Soviet crude oil to the West is priced at about half the price charged communist bloc na nations � tions he said set of six postcards produced and distributed by Fredric the Foto Fella aie now on sale in city retail outlets Theie are some pretty nice shots of local scenes from an aerial view of the city to Sacred Heart Church and wed bet a few paper clips the first issue of 70000 cards doesnt go too far Emcees and toastmasters at weddings sometimes get as nervous as the bride and groom Witness this item Anxious to complete his duties before he melted away completely the emcee at a weekend wedding here called on the toastmaster to propose a toast to the bride And that worthy gentleman nervously glancing at his notes got up and went through his spiel only to find when he ar arrived � rived at the bit that goes heres to the bride that neither he nor the guests had jet been served the punch with which to diink the toast An estimated 150 4 H Club members arc attending a rally today at the Dominion Experi Experimental � mental Farm to take puit in judging competitions and farm tours The 4 Hers are fiom as far east as Valemount south from the Quesnel district and other areas near PG Another rally is being handled by sum mer assistant to the provincial agricultural department Jim Thompson in Smltliers tomor flw f THE CITI ffie Ony Do7y Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia Phone LOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 129 SPOK7S HIGHLIGHTS Ball player battles with umpire as Tilers trample Legion PG Hotel and Queens victors in Senior Ladies Softball Western Little League officials plan on park spruceup for playoffs See Pages 5 and 7 Civil War Threat ises in Alaeria ALGIERS AP The threat of civil war mounted in newly independent Algeria today amid reports of growing opposition among Nationalist army com commanders � manders to Premier Youssef Ben Kheddas regime Bolstered by a tumultuous Moslem welcome for himself and his ministers Ben Khedda set up headquarters in Algiers and with the discreet assist assistance � ance of the French consolidat consolidated � ed his hold on the government apparatus But Ben Khedda apparently could not command the loyalties of Moslem military units in the interior And rebellious Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella re renewed � newed his defiance from abroad In the hills south of Algiers 1800 deserters from the French equipped local security force joined 4000 former Moslem guerrillas of Willaya military zone No 4 in apparent support of Ben Bellas call for radical leftist revolution in the new na nation � tion GETS SUPPORT From Eastern Algeria came reports of new armed support for the dissidents Col Tahar Sbiri commander of Eastern Radio Thieves Hit Mc Mc Burglars who broke into Mc Leman Mcreely andPriorLtd 135 Queens way overnight es escaped � caped with three transistor radios Police said entrance was gained by kicking in the front door About 6 and a small cash register were stolen by thieves who broke through a window at Khrushchev was in a friendly mood as he strolled through the embassy garden with guests and newspaper men trailing him He congratulated Goodman on his successful tour of the So viet Union which ends next Sunday A new jazz fan quipped Goodman But we still have to drink beer together Khrushchev replied with a grin I am not a jazz fan 1 dont understand it I love real music I dont think that is good music It takes a little time Good Goodman � man replied Then the Soviet leader gave vent to his own feelings about jazz by grimacing and shouting boom boom boom while beating his waving hands up and down in what looked like an imitation of a jazz drummer Khrushchev mentioned classi classical � cal composers and Goodman told him he liked them too CLEAR WWN LoTi I u Forecast Mostly sunny skies are fore forecast � cast for Thursday but with little change in temperature Winds will be light Low tonight ad high Thursday at Prince Geuige and Smithcrs 35 and 62 at Quesnel 40 and 65 Peace River Cloudy Thursday with scat scattered � tered showers in the afternoon Continuing cool with light winds Low tonight and high Thursday at Grande Prairie 40 and 65 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Pre Prince George 63 35 Terrace 67 48 Quesnel 67 48 Williams Lake 65 45 Kamloops 78 47 Whitchorsc 62 40 Fort Nebon 60 19 Foit St John 61 -16 11 Pawj on Creek 62 U U Khrushchev this bad music PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY JULY 4 1962 Algerias Willaya No l dc scribed Ben Khedda as a coun counter � ter revolutionary and - express expressed � ed support for Ben Bella In Western Algeria the offi officers � cers of Willaya No 5 around Oran and Ben Bellas home vil village � lage of Marnia were reported wavering between the two fac factions � tions Still the unknown factor and the key to any Algerian power struggle was the 40000 - man Nationalist army-in-cxile which was preparing to march into Al Algeria � geria from Morocco and Tu Tunisia � nisia President Nasser of the Unit United � ed Arab Republic labored to heal the split in the Algerian MEETS NASSER Ben Bella flew into Cairo from Libya Tuesday night to confer with Nasser and on his arrival again denounced Ben Khedda for dismissing the three senior Nationalist army corn- Fichtner Shoe Store 356 George twist in the streets ern Jazz Just Boom Boom Boom hrushchev Tells US Embassy Ra MOSCOW Reuters Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev turned up by surprise today at an Independence Day reception at the American Embassy and bantered happily with the guests on everything from mod modern � ern ait to Berlin Khrushchev had a long but good natured argument with clarinettist Benny Goodman about the merits of jazz and modern art with the Soviet premier expressing a strong dis dislike � like for both He touched only briefly on in international � ternational politics expressing the opinion that there had been some progress in the East West dispute over Berlin Now Hear This Now it can be told Kids at a city school were asked during the car to write an essay an analyzing � alyzing their own personalities One 13-ycar-old introvert really bust up the teaching staff with his profound comment Im shoit I wear glasses and I pick my nose Its not too often Uiat Dairy Queens Jim Thomp Thompson � son finds himself speechless but thats what happened one fine evening recently when Jim and wife Alice were called out on to the Legion floor to receive gifts in appreciation for their generosity For two years they have bcen supplying weekly gifts of ice cream to the Legion and on Sunday samdaes for vets in the hospital Master oracle Jake the Fake who himself is a daddy doesnt dig the new a a skirts ou know the ones with the shriv shriveled � eled hems Accoioing to Jake ami he told his daughter this Goodman We dont call it bad We kind of grow up with it in America Klirushchev countered by say saying � ing not every American was a jazz fan There are many lovers of real music in America too He recalled he had talked about modern art with former President Eisenhower an amateur painter He said It makes mc sick IK ik JBL - Km ANGUS THOMAS on to Ottawa NES Manager Goes to Ottawa Angus G Thomas manager of the Prince George office of the National Employment Serv Service � ice Unemployment Insurance Commission has been appointed to the services Ottawa inspec inspection � tion branch Announcement was made through Ottawa He has been manager in the Prince George office for seven months Mr Thomas leaves here Fri Friday � day and will take his annual leadership but his efforts thus vacation before assuming the duties far have failed new Art Napper will be acting manager until a replacement is made to the office here he said Starting with the commission in Vancouver in 1946 Mr Thom Thomas � as served as manager both at Mission and Penticton before manders for I Saturday allegedly coming herc IIe has bcen wilh IJiawniiK a iinnoijr i uup iu in- th RerviC for iG Vears stall Ben Bella in power He warned against anarchy of unfortunate local and private initiative Ben Khedda appeared in com command � mand in Algiers at least for the moment and his regime im immediately � mediately set about taking the reins of the government The transition from French to Al Algerian � gerian rule proceeded smoothly French President de Gaulles proclamation of Algerian inde independence � pendence Tuesday and the re return � turn to Ben Khedda and his ministers five hours later touch touched � ed off joyous demonstrations by 500000 Moslems in Algiers that lasted most of the night The Moslems screamed hoot ed cheered and danced the He is married and has a son While in Prince George he join joined � ed the Cariboo Toastmasters Club liament heanTVsenior cabinet minister make an abject apol apology � ogy Tuesday over his weekend claim that Commonwealth coun countries � tries were behaving like children on the Common Market issue Labor Minister John Hare soberly read a personal state statement � ment approved by Prime Min Minister � ister Macmillan saying in part I take this opportunity of expressing my deep regret to I any in the Commonwealth who may navu 11 11 nun uy wnai i have said A few shouts of approval from the government side greet- Yet you play ed his apology Parliament fol lowing an ancient tradition accepted without argument the labor ministers statement The expression of regret ap appears � pears to have ended for the time being the controversy that billowed up after Hare said in a weekend speech to his con constituents � stituents that Commonwealth countries arc behaving in some respects like children over Britains Common Maikct pro proposals � posals Hare said mat on Saturday in the stomach to sec modern at his constituency meeting he agree to join the European Economic Community In making my reply as has been accurately reported in the press I drew on the analogy of the Commonwealth as a fam family � ily of nations he added I would never wish either to seem patronizing or to say any anything � thing wounding to any country in the Commonwealth On re reflection � flection it is clear to mc that what I said on the spur of the moment could be and indeed has been interpreted in a sense that I certainly did not intend Some parliamentarians and political observers however still feel that the labor minis ters weekend statement was an unguarded reflection of the private sentiments of some ministers Found Dead in Cabin BURNS LAKE Correspond Correspondent � ent A middle aged man em employed � ployed by thcjBC Forest Serv Service � ice has been found dead at his cabin on the Decker Lake road RCMP hero say an investiga- painting And I answered the was asked a question which sug- tion will be held but they with same with mc gested that the Commonwealth held further details pending no- Goodman echoed Same prime ministers conference tification of the dead mans next with me should itself decide by a major of kin i 1 3r mrm MiWk Sell MWmfflL njMiTT 1KIwjM mm -iT i gMyv immt UP GO THE TROPHIES in the Hotel Simon Fraser for both the BC closed championships and the open North West Brigade canoe race championships BC Canoe Racing Association President BUI Blackburn and hotel clerk Mrs Anita Baldo placed the trophies above the desk Tuesday so the public can see what the canoers will be paddling for on Aug 18 final day of this years Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition Vandervoort photo i M j JILJIl NEW REGULATIONS into its fourth day today with without � out signs of settlement over the governments medical care in insurance � surance plan With major clinics and many doctors offices closed in pro protest � test against the plan emer emergency � gency service provided free at 34 hospitals by volunteer doc doctors � tors was meeting no major problems Both Rcgina hospitals said they were a bit busier than usual treating about 300 out outpatient � patient cases Tuesday VOLUME UP Doctors at the Rcgina hospi hospitals � tals said they were able to pro provide � vide as good treatment as they normallylcould At Saskatoon Dr J E Led- dy emergency care coordina coordinator � tor said about three times the average volume of patients was handled at city hospitals He said a doctor working at one of the hospitals delivered 11 babies in 48 hours He had no sleep during that time Another doctor worked steadily for 22 hours The fatigue is starting to show Dr Leddy said And we arc dealing with men the doctors who arent very hap py A DISTANCE There were reports of indivi uals having to go to hospitals some distance from their home districts to obtain treatment Mrs Ted Sedgwick drove 80 miles to Regina from Govan Sask to get treatment for her daughter Patricia The child had a suspected skull fracture after an eight foot fall from a crib Mrs Sedgwick was re referred � ferred to Regina General Hos Hospital � pital by a doctor at Watrous At Saskatoon Mrs Al Nagy said a relative suffering a se serious � rious heart condition was trans transferred � ferred from a hospital 100 miles southeast of Saskatoon The hospital was closed because of a lack of doctors MAN MOVED She said Earl McDougall 48 of Nokomis was moved to the hospital at Watrous 31 miles away A nurse at Nokomis vol- I unteered to accompany Mr i McDougall on the trip I It was terrible Mrs Nagy said Any bump could have been fatal We never wept so much as we did last weekend Her 90-year-old father also a patient in the Nokomis hospital was carried on a stretcher to his home Meanwhile two doctors had launched a court action at Sas Saskatoon � katoon seeking an injunction against the Medical Care In Insurance � surance Act and a declaration that the plan is beyond the powers of the provincial gov government � ernment In a statement of claim filed m Court of Queens Bench for mer premier T C Douglas na tional leader of the New Demo Democratic � cratic Party and 11 of the 13 members of the provincial cab- met were named as defendants 7c a Copy S5tjiP njo per Mon Standard Hours For Liauor Outlets VICTORIA CD BC beer Tnc Provincia cabinet ap- board for imported wines and parlor habitues will get an extra 15 minutes drinking time under new hours set by order - in - council Tues Tuesday � day I The regulations trim 15 min utes off the compulsory one hour closing starting at 630 pm The new supper period extends from G45 to 730 pm The cabinet order also pro provides � vides uniform final closing hours for all liquor outlets Beer par parlors � lors cocktail lounges and pri vitc clubs will all open at 11 am and close at midnight Previously beer parlors open opened � ed at 1030 am and closed at 1130 pm Private clubs closed at 1 am The new hours to take effect as soon as drinking establish establishments � ments have bcen notified will force all outlets to stop serving drinks half an hour before mid midnight � night Saturday as under the old regulations Meanwhile the government revised the prices of imported liquor today and cut by half in some cases a recent 25 per cent increase The new prices became effec effective � tive in the provinces liquor stores immediately So for a standard bottle of scotch whiskey prices went from 545 plus tax June 23 to 680 plus tax June 25 Today its 617 plus tax zes if I Hurt Some Feelings LONDON CPJ A silent Par- ity vote whether Britain should proved a completely new price list last week The order in council authorizing the revision was signed during the weekend by Lieutenant - Governor Pearkcs The original 25 per cent BC increase was announced June 25 following by one day the federal governments new aus austerity � terity program The increases now have bcen cut back to apply to the laid down or wholesale prices of spirits the provincial liquor control priced Mr Bonner said today prices were worked out this way A new 15 per cent federal tariff was charged on the whole wholesale � sale price paid by the LCB then a further increase varying from 10 to 12 per cent was added to allow for devaluation of the Canadian dollar The variation accounts for different exchange rates on the dollar and also depends on what the exchange rate was when an item was most recently Miles to Hospitals REG IN A CP Saskatchewan The strike of Dr W J Cranlcy of Prince doctors moved Albert and Dr M II Macdon- aid of Saskatoon sought the couit ruling and damages of 20000 each The CCF governments com compulsory � pulsory prepaid plan went into effect Sunday The Saskatche Saskatchewan � wan College of Physicians and Surgeons refused to work un under � der the plan and called for its repeal The scheme is designed to provide payment for many med medical � ical services for most of the provinces 928000 residents An emergency meeting was scheduled for Rcgina today by a group of Saskatchewan doc doctors � tors affected by expanded out outpatient � patient diagnostic services About 23 radiologists and 20 pathologists arc affected The increased services an announced � nounced at the last session of the legislature went into effect last Sunday Health Minister W G Davies says the services which include minor surgery emergency care diagnostic and therapeutic procedures will be expanded to the extent that hospital can provide them WONT OPERATE Dr N E Dunn a Moose Jaw radiologist said we will not operate under this scheme He said the group will provide serv services � ices under the doctors emer emergency � gency services plan without charge Dr II D Dalglcish president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons said the government action is an autocratic decree He said it showed complete disregard for a committee of doctors hospital associations and government representatives set up earlier to discuss pro proposed � posed services 100 TO PRACTICE As the battle continued a re responsible � sponsible government source es estimated � timated 100 of the piovinces 900 doctors will practice under the medical scheme Another official Donald D Transley chairman of the Med Medical � ical Care Insurance Commis Commission � sion administering the act said letters have been received from 25 to 30 doctors indicating they are prepared to receive direct payment of medical bills from the commission 10 City Blocks Paved to Date A total of 10 city blocks has been hard surfaced this week the first real start in the 1962 program City Works Superintendent Bill Jones said the kick off of the 80- to 90 block pulva mixing program was on Irwin Tuesday when surface was put down between Fifth and Tenth Approximately five blocks of hot mix has also gone clown The road surfacing program has bcen held up this summer due to damp weather Under the budget approxim approximately � ately 30 blocks of hot mix will go down on city streets Water at Burns Lake Still Unsafe to Drink BURNS LAKE t Correspond Correspondent � ent Water from the village water supply is still unsafe as the result of flooding last week according to reports received herc Tuesday and it should be boiled for 10 minutes before use When Sanitary Inspector Jack Maynard visited Burns Lake last week to look into the water supply he termed the situation very dangerous as the result of contamination in Bums Lake Although the color of the water lias improved iince wa health officials hay the bituatiou is still dangerous and the- water should Mill be boiled to kill off bacteria Each day samples aie sent to Vancouver for analysis and some tests ar made at Burns Lake The Northern Health Unit will notify householders when the water is pure again Health unit officials explain ed that heavy rains apparently stirred up considerable silt in the lake and this has IntcifereU wJlU cldorinatiou of the yvajer