Pranksters Jump Gun LigHt Centennial Fire VICTORIA CP Pranksters set Victorias cen centennial � tennial bonfiie ablaze two days ahead of schedule Tuesday night Firemen were unable to control the blaze before most of the hnge pile of wood had gone up in flames Victoria centennial officials said the woodpile will be set up in time for the scheduled burning Thursday night AMERICANS GET EARFUL Lumber Exports Vital Flemming MURRAY BAY Que Cfl Forestry Minister Hugh John Flcmming pointedly told an American wood- products group today that Canada has to export to buy from others and that her forestry sales abroad are vital YA J m FA HUGH JOHN FLEMMING economic efficiency Infant Thieves Caught in Act VANCOUVER CP A three year old thief posted his five year old sister as a lookout Tuesday night and made away with the loot But he didnt cover up his tracks Mrs A II Brown saw the pint sized culprit as he attempt attempted � ed to take her purse She al allowed � lowed the pair to go but called police when her husband found his key ring and wallet gone too Police found the wallet on the lawn -caught up with the boy and he confessed the whole business lioui law oreaKcrs were His speech followed the an- nouncement last week by Pres President � ident Kennedy of proposaU that could sharply curtail Canadian lumber sales to the US Can ada s main export outlet Saes to the US ilast year exceeded 250000000 Forest -products account for nearly 30 per cent of total Cana Canadian � dian exports Mr Fleming told the US National Wooden Box Council of Washington D C Canada was the best US cus customer � tomer and a great flow of commodities between our two countries has developed simply because of economic efficien efficiency � cy Mr Flcmming said Canada consistently buys more from the US than she sells that country and added I have gone to some length in this matter and quoted a good many figures to you since I believe it is important to re remind � mind ourselves of the over all framework in which we carry on our daily business Trade of course must be a two way flow Without the in income � come which we earn from our exports we would be poor cus customers � tomers for other nations In our own self interest we are looking for an expansion of trade but this in turn will en enable � able us to maintain our econ economic � omic well being and increase our purchases of the things that others wish to sell here We have had an imbalance in our commodity trade for some time We believe that the best way to redress this im balance is byexpansion of trade rather than by contraction With the countries in the free world being drawn ever more closely together our aims in in this regard are in accord turned over to their parents for with the major trends in the discipline I world today Decision to Fire 63 Road Workers Dropped WIHTEHORSE Y T CP1 An army spokesman here said Tuesday an order to layoff G3 civilian personnel on the Alaska Highway maintenance system Aug 31 has been rescinded Last week an army spokes spokesman � man in Edmonton said 53 civil civilians � ians here and 10 others in Fort Nelson and Dawson Creek would be released at the end of August as the result of a job survey The survey concluded last March indicated that positions were surplus to 1 equipments The army through the north northwest � west highway system a part of western command is respons responsible � ible for the Canadian section of the Alaska Highway which runs from Dawson Cicek to Fait banks Alaska The wartime built highway is maintained largely by civilians under auny supervision Tlvro are about 800 permanent civilian employees Erik Neilsen Progressive Conservative member of par parliament � liament for the Yukon protested the dismissals He said Tuesday the army has agreed not to reduce the staff by releasing civilians but to permit the reduction to take place by natural attrition GOV GEN GEORGES VAN IE R will open the triennial International Congress of Rad Radiology � iology in Montreal Aug 26 it was announced Tuesday The convention lasting until Sept 1 will be attended by 4000 scientists in many fields as well as engineers and technicians from around the world Lumber Meeting On Today A two man delegation from the NILA was to meet today in Washington with officials of the US Federal Housing Agency in connection with the recent downgrading of western white spruce by the FHA Effect of the downgrading is that US builders using white spruce will have to use heavier thicker spans in framing houses insured by the FHA NILA president Gerry Wilmot said today he has had no word from the delegation and pre presumes � sumes the meeting is proceed proceeding � ing as scheduled He said he did not know if results would be known immed immediately � iately Child Continues Fight for Life QUESNEL Staff An eight-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a car accident near here Saturday is continuing her fight for life at the G R Baker Memorial Hospital Patsy Paxton injured in a crash which took eight lives on a winding strip of the Cariboo Highway nine miles south of here remains unconscious and in critical condition Hospital officials said today that her sister two-year-old Cin dy Lou is still in satisfactory condition Six other members of the Williams Lake family died in the accident Mrs Myrtle Hiebert of Alex Alexandria � andria is still in fair condition today Her sons Keith 8 and Darryl 5 arc still in satisfac satisfactory � tory condition WOMAN KILLED VANCOUVER ICPl A woman plunged 50 feet to her death Tuesday from the roof of an office building She was Mrs Aycsha I Goodman 45 of Bur naby Minister Psychiatrist Silent on Wife Swap GEORGETOWN Mass AP None of the persons con concerned � cerned would discuss today published reports that a min minister � ister and phychiatrist former Georgetown neighbors mar- ricd each others wife after Alabama divorces Now Hear This Might be a good idea if city hall would heed its own warn warnings � ings Despite an urgent appeal issued jestmlay morning ask asking � ing residents not to spiinltle lawns after noon to cut down on local water consumption dur during � ing the heat wave it wasnt until after 330 pm that the sprinklers at the city hall park weic shut off However there may be extenuating cir circumstances � cumstances The official open opening � ing of the Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition plus the Queen Auiora 5 crowning ceiemonics will be held at the city hall paik at 730 pm Aug 11 There will bo some brass officiating in including � cluding Lands and Founts Min Minister � ister Ray Williston and Agri Agriculture � culture Minister Frank Richter plus 15 or so national press radio and tv lepoiters and cam cameramen � eramen so it would be a good idea tq havo the grass nice and green Its a fish story all right but Ford Moran of Vandeihoof claims he really did throwback a 15 pound ttout he caught in Stuart Lake Ford who already lis taken a 12 pounder this sea son is working hard towatd first place in the fishing derby and said he tossed back the trout when he realized it would not beat the 17M pounder which so far is holding top spot - Fredric the Fota Fella is miss missing � ing a chair thanks to a quick moving motorized thief Fred was transporting a load of furn furniture � iture up the airport hill to his new home last night when the chair fell off the load Another driver stopped Fred at the hill top and told him of the missing piece But by the time ned gone back down to get it the chair was gone He says now he will give the thief the chairs mate if the guy will contact him Last nights two electrical btorms pioided a delightful display for secral carloads of obscrers atop Connaught Hill And thats all they were doing shelp us watching An Another � other phenomenon occurred when William Steiniger out on the Hart Highway who was flipping the tv dial during the storm picked up the picture from CKX TV Brandon Mum toba and watched it for 45 min minuted � uted before the station signed off The piogram included the weather forecSt for the Wiwt peg area Thunderstorms The Boston Record Ameri American � can quoted Dr Richard C Lippincott as saying the ex exchange � change completed last spring was a friendly arrange arrangement � ment The children in each case were left with their mothers The Record American iden identified � tified those involved as Lippin Lippincott � cott and his wife and Rev Eric M Richard and his wife The Lippincotts had three children the Richards two The minister currently without a pulpit in the Con Congregational � gregational Christian denom denomination � ination is a personnel work worker � er for the General Electric plant in Lynn Mass Dr Lip Lippincott � pincott 3G is a staff mem member � ber at Georgetowns Baldpate Sanitarium for mental patients Ticket Sale Set For Exhibition A big push to sell advance tickets for the Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition will be made Friday and Saturday on downtown streets Specially priced tickets will be at two locations in the vi vicinity � cinity of Third and Brunswick Instead of the regular 50 cent single admission which will be effective during the Exhibition advance sale prices are three tickets for 1 The advance ticket sales will be cut of more than a wek befoie Aug 15 opening day of the exhibition Manager Ron Deacon said Cach ticket will be good for all day entrance to the grounds THE CITI MORE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND Rickaid said Dr Lippincott and Mrs Rickanl obtained divorces in Alabama and then the swap took place Dr Lippincott according to The Record American said the homes cars and children were left with the mothers Rickanl and his second wife now live in the house formerly occupied by Dr Lippincott and his family dur during � ing the first marriage Dr Lippincott and- his second wife live in Hampton Falls NH ZFM The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia Phone LOgon 4 2441 Vol 6 No 149 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 1962 7c a Copy 43gta nsoprr Momn 25 Fires Erupt After Liqhtninq Sears Area One year ago today the I tinder dry Prince George jjp sorest District erupted into flame as the Grove Fire j which eventually covered 50000 acres burst forth The situation was nearly as fc bad todav f- Two electrical storms flashed through the immediate area surrounding Prince Georuc Tuesday night and they left in their path more than 25 new forest fires Chief protection officer for the district Dennis McDonald today said New fires are being reported all the time now And were anticipating another rash of reports later this afternoon Jk as the heat builds up more t 232 MEN He said the storms passed through the area about mid midnight � night Early today 232 forest service employees along with seven tractors were on fire lines Thirteen aircraft on contract to the forest service were on call today The three Avenger water bombers stationed at Prince George went into opera operation � tion at 215 pm Tuesday drop dropping � ping 18 loads on five fires Mr McDonald said the ben tonite drops contained all five blazes until ground crews could get to them First fire hit was in a sea of slash north of Chief Lake Other drops were on Giscomc Mountain and on a slope in the Wansa Creek re region � gion The Otter tanker also flew into the Chief Lake area to as assist � sist in controlling the blaze be being � ing fought by the three Aven Avengers � gers FOUR BULLDOZERS The Hot Fire in the Canoe River Valley near Valemount Tuesday reported to be most dangerous of any fire in the district has four -bulldozers containing it today Heavy equipment which initially had trouble fording a swollen river to reach the blaze finally went across and into the blaze Tues Tuesday � day There are 95 men in the area The Hum Fire 90 miles north of Fort St James which burn burned � ed more than 200 acres last week is fully under control and a 27 man crew is being taken put of the area today Only a two man patrol will remain on the fire line Mr McDonald said The hazard throughout the Continued on Page 3 Era Vl tiWvMMk svj f - f IS I J mUKi - qyi Vrsr - KC rtJT JTfc II Tfe T- VWMA4 V Am i SJK - T vyXf M iwSiw iJMSSMKSi aBRtlWSHBHP3 tMwasmmB FIRE EATS INTO TIMBER EAST OF PRINCE GEORGE DARING BANK ROBBERY Holdup Man Gets 40000 VANCOUVER ICPl Police have recovered the revolver used in the daring daylightMiold up of a Royal Bank branch here Officers said the 45 calibre weapon the holdup man shot bank teller John E Ellis through the hand with was found a block and a half west of the bank SHOWERS fiJdl tj w C4 Sunny with cloudy periods Thursday Continuing very warm with light winds Isolat Isolated � ed thunderstorms can be ex expected � pected in the afternoon and eve evening � ning Thursday with gusty winds near thunderstorms Low to tonight � night and high Thursday at Prince George Qucsnel and Smithers 50 and 87 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Precip Prince George 85 54 Terrace 88 CO Smithers 8G 55 Qucsnel 90 53 Williams Lake 8G 53 Kamloops 93 55 Whitehorse 85 57 Fort Nelson 87 G2 Fort St John 83 GO trace Dawson Creek 92 57 01 They said the bandit was last seen fleeing in the opposite di direction � rection Bank officials said the amount taken not yet worked out may run as high as 40000 The holdup man who wore a black silken hood rushed from the downtown bank threw the money into one car4 which sped off and walked to a nearby parking lot escaping in another car He used a flight bag to scoop up the money The teller who is in satisfac satisfactory � tory condition in hospital said thcic were four or five custo customers � mers in the bank as well as the 11 employees shortly after noon The hooded gunman vaulted the bank counter dropped to one knee and ellcd All of jou get back against the wall this is a holdup Then the bandits gun went off and I noticed my left hand was covered with blood It didnt hurt at all I dont know why he shot me I hadnt moved and I hadnt tried to press the alarm Mr Ellis said the gunman who spoke with a foreign ac accent � cent didnt seem nervous and calmly scooped the money from two tellers cages He backed through the coun counter � ter warning dont you try any anything � thing and ran from the bank slipped off the hood and pocket pocketing � ing the gun Dr S G Baldwin said the man pushed him against the wall in an adjoining building went out the entrance and threw the flight bag into the back scat of a waiting car which imme immediately � diately sped away It had two occupants Dr Baldwin said the man then walked over to a parking lot BC Flag Awful Archdeacon Says VANCOUVER CIV Archdeacon Cecil Swanson says BCs of official � ficial flag is a horrible thing and sufficient cause for revolu revolution � tion The former dean of Vancou Vancouvers � vers Christchurch Cathedral spotted the flag with its dog dogwood � wood flower and sunrise during a Visit here from Calgary Tuesday Its the most abominable thing Ive seen in my life ho said ABANDONMENT STILL PROBED RCMP are continuing their investigation of an incident July 2t in which a two-month-old girl was abandoned in a car parked on Quebec An 18-ear-old girl in whose care the infant had been left by her parents has been lo located � cated But no charges have been laid pending the outcome of police investigation The child had apparently suffered no ill effects and is in the care of welfare au authorities � thorities Names of the per persons � sons involved were not dis disclosed � closed by police ON TAKEOVER PRPD Suing Govt VANCOUVER CH Peace River Power Development Co has launched a suit in the BC Supreme Court against the pro provincial � vincial government expropria expropriation � tion of the firm a vcar ago In a writ filed here Tuesday Peace River Power asks the court for a declaration that the takeover was illegal The action follows the pattern of the BC Power Corporations suit against the cxpiopriation of the B C Electric in that it seeks a court evaluation of Peace River Power if the takeover is found to be legal BC Powers case opened in Supicme Court here May 1 and has been adjourned for summer recess until Sept 10 The provincial government paid 8000000 for engineering surveys carried out by Peace I River Power a company set up by the late Swedish financier iVAUi weiiiier ureu lu uuuu u hydro dam on the river in northeastern BC The writ names as defendants the BC Electric the BC Hy dro and Power Authority and the provinces Attorney General and Comptroller General It also asks that the Power Development Act of 1961 and legislation setting up the Hydro Authority be declared void Under the act the govern government � ment last spring merging the BC Power Corporation and BC Electric later given the assignment of building the Peace River dam at Portage Mountain VICTORIA CP A tender call on first stages of the main Peace River dam is expected this fall possibly September a BC Hjdro official confirmed today The construction schedule calls for tenders this fall depend depending � ing on progiess made on other contracts he said As far as wc know theic is no indication they wont be called An announcement is likely Aug 17 during a cabinet lour of the damsite at Poitagc Mountain near Hudson Hope The main carthfill clam is expected lo cost about 100000 000 Girt 16 Greets Dad After 13 Month Sleep PINE BLUFF Ark AP Hi Daddy Those were the first words of a lG-year-old sleeping beauty Linda Sue Calvert when she woke up Tuesday from a 13 month sleep Linda was critically injured in an automobile accident last year on Fathers day She had been in a coma since June 18 1961 AMATEUR CROOKS HERE BUNGLE MANY JOBS DUE TO ALCOHOLIC FOG Liquor Big Influence on Crime Criminologist By PAT DENTON Citizen Staff Writer The number of crimes com committed � mitted in Prince George which are attributable to liquor is much higher proportionately than in Vancouver according to a isiting penologist The gicalest influence on adult crime here is the use of alcohol concluded Gra ham E Parker a member of the University of BC law faculty who leaves Thursday after a thre week visit Mr Parker who lectures on criminal law and crimin criminology � ology received a research grant from UBC to look into the considerations a judge or magistrate takes into account when sentencing a convicted person He chose Prince George as part of his study because of 9ts size and the type oi I crimes committed here You have a high crime rate here but of a low calibre tMJc he said in an inter interview � view Tuesday You have no resident safecrackers and no drug ptoblem Mr Paikcr who observed the city police court in action spoke witlj local law enforce enforcement � ment officers ami visited the provincial jail noted that a large number of offences hcic are very closely connected with drinking by single or drifting men He said many of the break breaking � ing and enterings thefts and phony cheque offences com committed � mitted are imbecilic crimes perpetrated while the person is under the influence of liquor as opposed to a well planned professional job Much of he medium type criminal activity in Prince iBjL Jnt ----I-T ll SKi J GRAHAM E PARKER t i low calibre typ George can be attributed to seasonal and uncertain em employment � ployment conditions plus the fact the city is the cross crossroads � roads for drifters Mr Park Parker � er felt Its surprising how little juvenile gang trouble there is here he noted This could be because most children are under 15 and when they get older they go elsewheie for advanced education or em employment � ployment Mr Parker also expressed surprise at the use of cars in committing offences here and the large number of car thefts Magistrates should be allow allowed � ed to sentence a cohvicted person to an indefinite term within the time provisions of the particular offence he felt Actual timo to be served would later be determined by the parole board based on the persons individual merits and recommendations of the magistrate Under current provisions of the criminal code magib tralcs cannot hand down a straight indefinite sentence except in the case of a per person � son who is declared an habi habitual � tual criminal Indefinite terms aic piesently coupled with definite sentences In cases where it is felt to be a good thing the in indefinite � definite sentences should be used he said because it might have a deterrent ef feet on those who fear the uncertainty and tension in involved � volved in serving an unde undetermined � termined period Thepiesent system of com combined � bined definite and indefinite sentences is working well Continued on Pa 3 V