Members Dont Show Board Meeting Dropped The regular meeting of the School District 57 board was cancelled Tuesday when district officials found that a quorum of four could not be reached No alternate date for the meeting has yet been set PG SMITHERS CN Asks Trucking Line OK VANCOUVER CP - Ca Canadian � nadian National Hallways re reducing � ducing passenger train service this weekend on Us Prince George Prince Rupert line is seeking Public Utilities Commis Commission � sion permission to handle pack package � age freight and express in the area by truck At the same time it is seeking permission to operate trucking service between Vancouver and Kamloops and among Okanagan communities I A PUG spokesman said today decision on the application isnt expected for two or three weeks The applications were made in a hearing before V A Jar- fray superintendent of motor carriers for the PUC SUBMISSIONS He said transcripts of the hearing will not be completed or several days written sub missions from parties involved will be beard when the tran transcripts � scripts are completed then the matter will be turned over to PUC chairman Dr EL F Angus and other commissioners for decision The Canadian National Trans portation Co trucking subsid iary of CNR in its application sought permission to put trucks into freight service Between Vancouver and Kamloops and other Okanagan Communities Between Kamloops and Blue Itiver Between Prince George and Smitbers It stated that if the licences for these operations are ap approved � proved CAT rates on trucks and by rail will not be lower than the lowest trucking rates now filed with the PUC by other transportation operators The Automotive Transport As Association � sociation of BC an organiza organization � tion representing truckers In the province opposed ttic appnea gpi mMM Mainly overcast skies are forecast for the Cariboo Prince George and Butkley Valley areas on Thursday Little change in temperature Winds Co is back at woik today in the Decker Lake aiea Which wouldnt be an item except that Hints car stalled on a rail crossing yesterday Hed just about pushed it clear wtien along came a train and bit it lluil jumped clear but the colli collision � sion swung the vehicle around into him knocking him into a tree 20 feet away He staved in hospital only long enough to get his broken nose set bruised ribs and tnlnor cuts treated A icligious book salesman repre representing � senting a Winnipeg firm was fined 123 iu police court Mon Monday � day or failing to buy a city trade licence Bill Stefsnuk INAUGURAL f LIGHT DUE NOV 15 Four of Five Mishap Victims Identified KELOWNA CP Four of five men drowned Monday night when their car went through a barrier on Okanagan Lake bridge have been identified They were William Majlc 33 Penticlon Joseph Albert Bover 55 and his son William Albert 30 both of the Valley River reserve Manitoba RCMP later identified a fourth man as Norman Stanley Me Kibbin 34 late of Cowichan Bay Name of the fifth victim has not yet been released BUILDING UP ACROSS CANADA OTTAWA tPi Building per permits � mits to cover an estimated 238225000 worth of construe tion were Issued by Canadian municipalities in August the Dominion Bureau of Statistics said today Tins was S5 per cent above the figure far August 1901 II evidential construction was estimated at 112166000 down 22 ner cent from the year earlier figure but non rcslden tial nsirucliou by was up representing the Biblical Press of Winnipeg told Magistrate f 201 per rent to an estimated Ge oree Stewart he didnt think he needed a licence in PG He said he evaded places which made him pay a trade licence 120509000 BC was at 19- 420000 l2730OOiij August in CO THE CITIZEN The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia Phono LOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 207 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24 1962 I BwmpI m mMmmBmMMf sC i A GROUP OF GRADE 13 STUDENTS FROM PPINCE George Senior Secondary School left to right Dale Hotell Mike Peters Andrea Trimble Colette Bouvier and Maureen Moore prepare decorations for the Ghoul Gathering The Halloween dance for students is slated for Friday 9 to 12 pm at the fieldhouse McBride Air Service Set Scheduled airline service be 1 tween Prince George Crescent I I Spur McBride and Valemount I CliC will be Inaugurated Nov 15 This was announced here to today � day by Pacific Western Airlines Base Manager Bernie Bergeron following approval of PWAs application by the Air Transport Board at Ottawa Mr Bergeron said the sched ton a matter of principle S0UlhCry 15 LW t0nisM Bnd lo calls for two flights a week it argued mat the link a cinid b X luesaays ana mursciays oi ine leucrai govemmenx ana -------- 7o The company will operate subsidized rrom tax revenues - - - would be engaging in unfair competition with tax paying pri private � vate operators The Kamloops-Okanagan-Blue Itiver segment of the applica application � tion was opposed by several trucking firms D Chapman and Co Kelowna Vancouver Kamloops Freight Lines Pa Pacific � cific Inland Express Miller Brown Cranbrook and T and H Cariboo Transport Vancouver REDUCED SERVICE No private operators opposed the Prince Gcorge Smilhcrs ap application � plication The CNR announced earlier that its si-times-a-wcck pass passenger � enger train service which also cat lies express and package freight beween Prince George and Prince Rupert will bo re reduced � duced to three tinios a week effective Oct 28 Self contained diesel rail lin liners � ers not equipped to cairy ex express � press and freight w ill replace regular passenger trains on the route CN Transportation Co told the PUC hearing that it seeks to handle by truck the freight and express previously cauicd by the passenger train Peace River uoucty wiin sunny periods Thursday A few scattered showers Not quite so cool Light winds Low to tonight � night and high Thursday at Grande Prairie 30 and 50 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George 38 35 14 Terrace 30 3T 03 Smitbers 37 31 07 Qucsnel -13 10 18 Williams Lake 50 37 Kamloops 58 31 Whitchorsc 35 33 Fort Nelson 42 25 Fort St John -31 29 Dawson Creek 43 21 HOTELMEN TO MEET An important luncheon meet meeting � ing of the Prince George and District Hotels Association will be held at 1 pm Thursday in the Hotel Simon Frascr Associ Association � ation president Pete Osmack said major discussion will con concern � cern pioblems to be taken up at the BC Hotelmcns conven convention � tion In Vancouver Nov 5 7 Now Hear This A crew of 30 men is working on the Prince George College construction piogram now a bliarp diop from the 70 men who were on the job less than a month ago But the present total is as much as the ob tequlrcs at the moment accost accosting � ing to Project Coordinator Father Gerard Clenaghan A few carpenters had to be laid off because there was no work for them Construction Superintend Superintendent � ent Ole Sorensen reports that subtrudes now are In the class room anil manual arts wings A newcomer to the city who cuirently is combing the aica for a three bedroom house to tent is John Jock Norman That is hes lieio and he isnt Hes in town briefly tu tcek a home but doesnt arrive oflici ally until Oct 31 when lie takes over as field commissioner of tlit BCYukon Boy Scouts As Association � sociation He succeeds John Miller who lias been appointed regional exec commissioner fgr Kootenay Boundary Mr Nor Norman � man will be in the Scout office all day Thursday and would like to heat of available houses at I LOgan 4 9466 Oau thing about the new Legion building on Seventh is that nobodys fa votite color has been missed on the exterior There are gieen air vents toso walls red hand handrails � rails blue doors yellow and white trim Bud Gourlie a cat operator with he Ben Glnter Construction with a Beaver aircraft on wheel skis for this winter Next spring if traffic justifies it a twin engine Beechcraft will be put on the run Radio-operator-agents will be established at McBride and Valemount as quickly as pos possible � sible Mr Bergeron said The ATB in a decision dated Oct 4 and made public today said it considers it in the public interest lo authorize PWAs ap application � plication because the board was informed there arc no improved roads connecting the points in question and daily rail passen ger services are to be decieascd PWA through its Prince George base already serves a wide area of Central and North Northern � ern IJ C with scheduled and charter services or Group Promoting BC Medicare Program VICTORIA CP A resolution calling--for a province - wide plan including medical surgical optical and dental care to be financed from general revenue of the province was passed Tuesday at the BC Federation of Labor CLC convention here The convention agreed to mount a campaign to bring the issue before the people of BC Also passed was a resolution asking for a federation and Canadian Labor Congress campaign for a shorter day or shorter work year as a means of combatting unemployment u High Unit Reports For people who like to keep this region of BC has more right in the swing of fad andldian its shaic of the provincial fn oli inn in fnnf irti i o linnl I U io c- lOll the disease to catch this year Medical records around the world show infectious hepatitis is on the increase and 200 cases have been repotted to date this car in the Northern Interior Health Unit Health Unit Director Dr G II Bonham said today that in northern BC hepatitis quali qualifies � fies as an endemic disease one which is always ptesent Nevertheless this ear in incidence � cidence is particularly high There were 15G cases in 1061 and 96 in I960 in the old Cari boo Health Unit which covered a larger area None of these figures takes into account the many sub clinical cases cases which are not serious enough to bring victims to a doctor which undoubtedly exist Relatively few cases of hepa hepatitis � titis are being found in Prince George said Dr Bonham and most are in small pockets of settlement without adequate sewers Although the disease can be serious itself he continued its presence and spread Is a symp symptom � tom of community defect If hepatitis can spread in a com community � munity so can other infectious diseases Dr Bonham said that 11 C has more than its share of the hepatitis cases in Canada and KK MEET URGED NEW YORK AP The Communist party of the US Tuesday urged President Ken nedy to meet immediately with soviet Premier Khrushchev on the Cuban crisis The telegram from Gus Hall leading US Communist spokesman also utgeu -suspension of all pro proposals � posals which can aggravate war danger but did not refer directly tothe ptesidents block ado action BYLAW RULED INVALID SUKHEY IC11 A municipal bylaw regulating store closing hours has been ruled invalid in a supreme court judgment The ruling sought by the attorney generals department after the municipality passed its own closing bylaw said the measure was beyond councils jurisdic jurisdiction � tion HOtRS 4W4Y W I 4 I a circle ot ub Navy ships cruised outside Cuban waters ready to stop and search all vessels trying to reach the island The Soviet government has called the blockade a provoca tive move an unheard of viola violation � tion of international law a chal challenge � lenge to all peace loving na nations � tions WASHINGTON UP The US Navy moving swiftly to enforce President Kennedys arms blockade of Cuba today radioed all merchant ships a special warning that the waters around Fidel Castros island may be become � come dangerous The special warning began going out over naval radio transmitters shortly after mid midnightless � nightless than 10 hours be before � fore the deadline for setting up a blockade by submarines of the US Atlantic fleet plus military planes flying from US bases About 29 Russian merchant type ships are moving toward Cuba Russian military attaches spread the word at a Soviet em embassy � bassy reception Tuesday night that Russian ships steaming toward Cuba are under orders not to be stopped or searched Kennedy signed a proclama proclamation � tion Tuesday night formally in--voking the quarantine against offensive weapons an act he said was needed to defend the country Ten minutes later Defence Secretary McNamara sent the navys Task Force 136 its formal orders to halt all ships headed for Cuba to examine their cargoes and turn away any vessels found to be carrying missiles bombs bombers and other weapons that could men menace � ace the US or Latin American nations The blockaders already poised across the Atlantic were given full authority to bring into play whatever force is required Clearly this meant sinking Russian vessels if necessary McNamara also extended the enlistments and duty tours of all navy and marine officers and men for up to 12 months UN1TED NATIONS ICD The UN Security Council resumed sessions on Cuba today the 17th birthday of the UN with the U S and the Soviet Union ex exchanging � changing warnings and thermo nuclear war dangers The two big powers ex exchanged � changed insults and tesolutions Continued on Page 3 Seven Killed In Crash At Guantanamo Station PHILADELPHIA AP A crew of seven aboard a C 135 US Air Force jet transport was killed Tuesday when the plane crashed while making an approach at Guantanamo Naval Air Station Cuba A spokesman at McGuire Air Force Base NJ near Philadelphia said the landing approach is steep and difficult and preliminary reports indicated this was the cause of the accident REDS NEAR IMPORTANT MONASTERY TOWN CP from AP Reuters NEW DELHI Chinese Com munists are advancing into northeast India at four points and India has rejected Pekings proposal for peace talks on Chi ncsc terms an official spokes spokesman � man said today Chinese troops have driven to within 10 or 12 miles to the west of the important monastery town of Towang in northeast India and also are pushing toward it from the north A fresh Chinese attack into India has been launched at As- fila on the northeast frontier about 100 miles cast of towang noithcastcrn border near Burma an Indian post has fall fallen � en and the Chinese are driving down the Luhit Rhcr Valley Not very cheerful com commented � mented the military spokesman At the notthwest end of the disputed Himalayan frontier in Ladakh the Chinese have at attacked � tacked for the first time in the Changchenmb River Valley and have captured a post Although Ihe spokesman de declined � clined to comment on the over all Ladakh situation it ap peared to observers that the Chinese might have overrun all Indian military posts on what the Chinese claim tu be their I At the eastern end of the territory WASHINGTON AP Con gressional leaders today accept accepted � ed the prospect that full scale military action may be needed to back Piesident Kennedys move aimed at wiping out Cuban missile bases Without exception party lead leaders � ers scheduled to confer with Kennedy late today on the Cuban crisis made it clear they recognized the risk of nuclear war is great They arc willing to take it Some of them expected a quick preliminary showdown with Russia in the shipping lanes Others ambiguity in that Two Russian freighters dock docked � ed in Havana harbor Tuesday from the west apparently en route to other Cuban ports and MISSION tCPi Provincial Lib eral Leader Ray Perrault said Tuesday night that the roots of anti semitism have always found fertile soil in one section of the Social Credit movement lip made the comment in the course of a speech prepared for delivery lo the Frascr Valley Liberal Association in which he referred to national Social Credit Deputy Leader Real Caouettes statement that he had admired the economic re reforms � forms of Hitler Premier Bennett has defend defended � ed his great and good friend Mr Caouette Mr Perrault said reiterating that Caouette High Indian officials said a Red Chinese proposal for a meeting between Prime Minis Minister � ter Nehru and Piemicr Chou En lai to settle the border dis dispute � pute was pure hjpocrisy The officials also rejected a companion Chinese proposal broadcast from Peking for a cease fire under which each nation would withdraw its troops 20 kilometres 125 miles from present battle lines A government spokesman in the first official comment on the Chinese ffer termed it 7c a Copy MCX rcea mi ids gfear US Blockade By The Canadian Press pJ VSr LE military action possible is only a matter of hours from the American naval blockade around Cuba Armed forces of both coun countries � tries stand in combat icadiness as the Soviet vessels approach Risk of Nuclear War Great Americans Say the presidents demand for dis dismantling � mantling of Soviet controlled missiles bases in Cuba is flout flouted � ed massive military action to lake them over might come later The unanimous viewpoint that the crisis is heading toward a climax was supported by a statement of Treasury Secre Secretary � tary Douglas Dillon Dillon told a meeting of Latin American finance ministers in Mexico City Tuesday that if offensive preparations on the island arc not halted immedi immediately � ately further action will be believed that if fully justified Cuba to Resist Total Blockade Castro Says HAVANA Reuters Prime one British freighter also was Minister Fidel Castro has told i anchored there Havana closed to airport was the Cuban people we shall all civilian traffic and Cubas take all the necessary measures armed forces cre on a war to resist a total blockade fooling called to battle stations Denouncing the US move to a few minutes before President prevent offensive weapons from Kennedys speech Monday night reaching Cuba by sea Castro the prQpos by Canadlan Primc iota moans in a television Minister Dicfenbakcr that a broadcast Tuesday night neutral United Nations inspec- We are calm in the knowl edge that the aggressors will be exterminated We are a part of humanity and a very worth worthwhile � while part Those who unleash a nuclear war will be exter minated I think there is no tion team should check United States accusations that Cuba contains Soviet rocket bases Castro said We reject all attempts at inspection We will never surrender our independence and sovereign right to let only whom we want into our territory He claimed all arms in Cuba were purely defensive US Plays with Fire Russian Press Warns MOSCOW AP The Soviet press today condemned the US blockade and warned that the Americans are playing with fue Most of the space in the big Communist party organ Pravda was devoted to publi publication � cation of the text of the Soviet government replying to the or order � der for the blockade and to similai material A 3U0 word digest of the speccli by President Kennedy was published The Soviet reply took nearly a page In its editorial Pravda says the US has assumed the role of the worlds policeman and was spinning provocative webs around Cuba In this situation a special responsibility rests witli the United Nations which is facing another and most serious test Either the United Nations will discharge its mission entrusted it by the peoples and thus jus justify � tify its real purpose or it will share the destiny of the League of Nations and the universal contempt of the peoples Anti Semitism Charge Hurled at Caouette admired only Hitlers economic methods But these methods were to put the people of Germany to woik making the instruments of death and to finance this production by any and all means including the plundering of all Europes Jews Mr Perrault added Mr Caouettes admiration is mis misplaced � placed but understandable The roots of anti semitism have always found fertile soil in one Section of the Social Credit movement It is to be expected that Hitlers methods would not be found so revolting in these circles as in other areas of Canadian life Chinese Drive Deeper into India the proposal although the spokesman declined to go that far One Indian official said the offer of talks might be consid considered � ered if the Chinese wilhdicvv to the position they held Sept 8 This was just before their troops crossed what India con considers � siders to be her northeastern border with Tibet in the area just east of Bhutan Some officials believed the Chinese proposal was made un under � der ptessure from Soviet Pre Premier � mier Khrushchev who wrote Nehru last weekend he boped vague qpnfusing and deeep the border dispute vvouht be uvc- uus win viewcu0as an setticu turough peaceful nego indicati Nehru wouli reject tiations