SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Albcila rink lakes lead role In school curling Jim Trimble lured away from Hamilton by Montreal Howie Young missing from Hcd Wings for second time See Page 7 BV DIEF Anti atom plan seen in speech TORONTO CTt Prime Min Minister � ister Diefcnbakcr appears to hac gone another step on the way to declaring a no nuclear arms policy for Canadian forces on Canadian soil with a quali qualified � fied majbc for Canadian forces in the North Atlantic Ticaty Organization abroad This was the gist of his re remarks � marks Tuesday when he dc licied a fighting election cam campaign � paign speech to about 800 dele delegates � gates to the Piogrcssivc Con Conservative � servative partys Ontario an annual � nual meeting MORE DETAIL He said the governments de defence � fence policy will be spelled out in moi c detail in a few da vs Moreover he added defences will be subject of discussions he will have this weekend in London with Prune Minister Macmillan though he placed the subject next in line to trade and Commonwealth affairs Mr Diefcnbakcr flies to Lon London � don Friday night to be made a f iceman of the city Monday The prime minister said when Canada agreed to establishment of Bomarc missile bases at North Bay Ont and La Ma caza Que the United Slates intended to build 30 to -10 sim similar � ilar missile sites to protect the US Strategic Air Command CHIEF DETERRENT I he Strategic Air Command was then and still is the chief deterrent to a direct Russian at attack � tack but at that time it was feared the attack would come by manned bombers and it was felt the Bomarc missiles could counter the attack Now however the US has built only six Bomarc bases in the US and the threat of manned-bomber attack is being re replaced � placed by the threat of inter intercontinental � continental ballistic missiles Against ICBMs the Bomarc is not effective If the Bomarcs in Canada were armed they would offer no piotection to Canada east of Montreal and west of the Lakehcad Therefore seemingly the only course left open for Can Canada � ada is to press for disarma disarmament � ment There is no defence against the 1CBM As to Canadas forces in NATO Mr Dicfcnbaker said decisions on nuclear warheads will be taken when the North Atlantic council meets in Ot Ottawa � tawa in May Iranians put foreign cigarets on blacklist TEHRAN Iran Reuters Smokers of foreign cigarets in Iran have been ordered by the govern government � ment to switch to Iranian brands or face arrest and prosecution To protect the local industry and save the coun countrys � trys foreign exchange the government has issued a smoke Iranian decree banning the import sale possession and smoking of foreign cigarets in the country Now hear this Still no indications of whether or not Pnnce George will be honored bv any political brass during the forthcoming election campaign Ren Tweedie Call boo NDI proxy says his organ organization � ization has asked for party leader Tommy Douglas MP Bert Leboe who will probably run for the Socreds again says lie hopes to see Bob Thompson stumping for him but expects Real Caouette lo stick pretty close to Quebec neither Toiies or Gnts have named any names Dief the Chief and LOP are obvious choices -but both leport they have asked for some big guns to sup poit Iheir local choices Liberal Charlie Graham and Conserva the Peter Runkle A number of people aie park parking � ing illegally and presum presumably � ably getting tickets in know clearing zones where accord according � ing to the signs parking is not allowed between midnight and 8 am Monday Wednesdays and Friday says Phillip Dube Mr Dube himself got a ticket for misreading the sign to say no parking between midnight Monday and 8 pm Tuesday and leaving his car parked over Sundav -Monday night in one of the zones City florists Al and June Le tendre have posted a reward for the return of Suzy their pet Pekinese which vanished Tues Tuesday � day afternoon shortly after she was let out for her customary constitutional Al is convinced thai Suzy who has never stray strayed � ed far from the shop was picked up by someone in a car Suzy is light brown and was w caring a flea collar instead of her regular collar when she disappeared Phil Desormeaux one time catering manager at the Simon Fraser is back in town to take over a similar position at the Prince George upon departure of Jack Lee Give the Scouting movement a hand when the canvasser calls on your home Thursday night Phone lOgan 4 2441 Vol 7 No 36 k e dMKPmUf Ofl mPWEWHm i mm 7 M 1 SNOW IS PUSHED ON TO THE PGE TRACKS NEAR Azouzetta Lake in the Pine Pass in what was ap apparently � parently preparation work for a movie making op FIFTH Minister resigns LONDON Ont CP G Er Ernest � nest llalpcnny 59 secretary of state in the federal cabinet an announced � nounced Tuesday he will not seek re election in the April 8 election Mr Halpenny said his health prompted his decision I feel all right but I have to respect the wishes of my doctor said Mr Halpenny who has represented the con constituency � stituency of London since 1957 Mr Halpenny who has suf suffered � fered two heart seizures with within � in the last 18 months said the strain of the last parliamentary session coupled with minister ministerial � ial responsibilities had left him exhausted Mr Halpenny was the fifth member of Mr Diefenbakers cabinet to announce the resig resignation � nation in the iast two weeks NO SIX DAY SHOPPING COURTENAYCPi City council has rejected pleas fiom two supermarkets for six day shopping in Courtenay Other merchants at the council meet meeting � ing said all the local business could be done in four days eration showing snow removal techniques of the railway Snow was later pushed off the other side of the tracks -Vandervoort photos IF MEMBERS STAND BY THEIR WORD quimault and John Tisdalc of Saanicli Other Socreds who backed Shclford in speeches at the ses session � sion aiu Victorias J Donald Smith licit Piicc of Vancouver Bui raid and Alex Matthew Vancouver East This year he said the gov government � ernment or the oil companies must act by Feb 28 to equalize gas pi ices He wants a royal commission or a special study of the situa situation � tion which will come up with a remedy liruch told the house Tuesday night that if the oil companies do not show some responsi e I v rj p i 1 U SNOWPLOW ROARS THROUGH SLIDE AREA ON THE PACIFIC GREAT Eastern tracks in the Pine Pass area But the snow pushed onto the right-of-way earlier by a bulldozer had already been removed by the bulldozer leav leaving � ing no work for the plow Reporting team PGE play hide seek on location as film made on railway By JACK JAMIESON Citizen Staff Reporter A motion picture is appar apparently � ently being made which v ill feature the Pacific Great Eastern Railway But to talk with camera cameramen � men and bulldozer opcratois in the Pine Pass Tuesday it appeared as if the railway was up to something sinister Everything was a big secrel Whatever the case snow pushed down the bank onto the railway Iracks was tak taking � ing the form of a snow slide when a Citizen reporter-photographer team drove into the Azouzetta Lake area about 930 am The lailway and highway run parallel for about half a mile in the area A bulldozer pushed snow onto the tracks and then com pletely removed it before a snow plow from Piince Geoige arrived on the scene later The equipment operator had been working in the area for at least an hour because more than half an acre of land had been cleared of snow It was all over the Iracks A PGE section man was di directing � recting bulldozer operations Also in the vicinity were three men in a PGE motor vehicle IN THE CITIZEN Betty Conner -T10 Classified T12 Coming events - 5 District news 2 6 Editorial page 9 Here and there -- 10 Markets 3 Quesnel news 2 Sports 7 Tv -r 2 One of them turned out to be PGE track superintendent Hay Itcbagliatti from diet wynd while the other two men later identified them themselves � selves as Vancouver photo photographers � graphers Bill Roozeboom and Jack Lindsay The scene was a busy one But when The Citizen pho photographers � tographers lens focussed on t h e bulldozer operations stopped abruptly Men scur lied over Mr Roozeboom of Pageant Productions asked the ic-porter-photographer team to identify themselves From the newspaper in Prince George came the answer Mr Roozeboom said a film was being made of the PGE and a snow slide picture was needed That was why snow was being put on the tracks before the snow plow arrived he said Later he claimed this was not true Snow covered PGE tracks for 150 yards and was more than four feet high Because a film was being made and an announcement about it hadnt been made Mr Roozeboom didnt want pictures or a story released lie said at one point And who owns the bull bulldozer � dozer he was asked The PGE I guess Whos paving for having the snow shoved all over the tracks It must be in the film budget And so it went Moments later the bull- Continued on Page 3 itizen The only daily newspaper serving North Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20 1963 SOCRED URGES WORK reports of their travels GAGLARDI OUT Wc do not want that kind of candid advertisement Murray complained that High ways Minister P A Gaglardi was not in the house to hear all of his speech ill send him a copy or hes going to sit on my lap and listen to me Murray asked for top priority to the section of Highway 1G from Terrace to Hazelton be cause of the huge influx of tourists expected in April when the new Alaska Rupert ferry service becomes daily PROBLEMS SEEN I know you re going to have serious problems with traffic from the US to the ferry Murray also asked for a step stepping � ping up of work from Prince George to Jasper He said BC had been wait waiting � ing for federal government aid but it might as well give up Well have to realize sooner or later we re gong to have to build it alone NORTH ENVIOUS Murray said northern resi residents � dents aro envious of the work which has been done on the Southern Trans Provincial Prince Rupert residents arc complaining that work started from the eastern end and came west Murray said he had tried to get the highways depart department � ment to start work at both ends Murray also backed up the contention of Skeena Socred Dudley Little Monday that com pletion of the highway had been promised by 19G0 Charges surprise transport boss VICTORIA CD Commercial Transport Minister Wcstwood said Tuesday he was surprised at charges by a Social Credit backbencher that his depart department � ment discriminated against the small trucking operators Mr Westwood in a statement made outside the legislature said reports received from the logging truck industry generally indicate complete satisfaction with the co operative attitude of his staff in their efforts to alleviate the problems faced by the industry Dudley Little SC Skeena said in the legislature Monday that Mr Westwood is not fam familiar � iliar with his own department and his deputy has not got any idea what is going on The commercial transpoit ministers statement said it was largely due to the efforts of his staff that the truck logging op operators � erators in BC enjoed bene fits far in excess of these en joved by the truck loggers in other provinces bility he would support the action suggested by Shclford Tisdalc said that an investi investigation � gation is needed He also cxpiessed fears that many service station operators aie in danger of losing their livelihood because a price war had been forced upon them by the oil companies themselves Both members suggested that oil companies should be in investigated � vestigated under the Combines Act Tisdale said price war com petition is caused by the oil companies selling through the back door to independent service stations 7c a CoPi X No federal help seen for highway VICTORIA Special The BC govcrnra cnt should realize it is going to have to build its Nor Northern � thern Trans Canada High Highway � way alone without fed federal � eral aid a Social Credit 1MLA said Tuesday William Murray SC Prince Rupert urged in extensive speedup on all sections of Highway 1G He told the legislature that some sections are narrow and dangerous He predicted that US tourists will take home poor Pact ends sevea monfi strike at oast plant VANCOUVER CP A scvcn-month-old strike at a Canada Metal Ltd plant here was settled Tuesday A memorandum of agt cement was signed by representatives of the company and the Molders Union CLC and later ratified by both the firm and the Union membership Details were not released immediately but work was expected to be resumed tomorrow or Friday FROM CUBA Congressmen want ell Red troops removed WASHINGTON AP Leading congressmen of both parties today called for withdrawal of all and not just pait of the estimated 17000 troops and technicians in Cuba US sources disclosed Tues Tuesday � day that Soviet Premier Khrushchev had sent President Kennedy a note Monday sajing that Russia plans within a few weeks to ship home several thousand Russian soldiers from Cuba This was generally accepted in Congress as a significant de development � velopment But both Democra Democratic � tic and Republican leaders said the Kennedy Administration must continue to press for com complete � plete evacuation of Russian military men from the island Some informants said the Snowfall here Tuesday was 2 9 inches According to the US five day foiecast which in includes � cludes the weekend moderate to heavy piecipitation can be expected with above normal temperatuies Normal readings for this time of vear are low 10 degrees high 35 degrees Gasoline price probe almost certain VICTORIA Special Gov eminent inquiry into gasoline puces is now certain if mem bcrs of the legislature stand by what they have said at the cuuent session If it came to a vote on the issue today the result would be at least 27 to 23 The 27 have alicady signified approval Theie are six Social Credit government members and 21 opposition MLAs in favor of action aimed at changing the price structure of retail gaso gasoline � line The latest to join Cyril Shel ford of Omincca who started it all were Heibejt UrucU of Es- The oil companies ho said do not lose by the price war but the service station opcr ators do on their margin of profit The government has not of officially � ficially made any statement about cither Shclfords ulti ultima � ma t u m or its own intentions However it was considered at the start of the session highly likely there would be some action This now seems a cer certainty � tainty unless the Socreds who spoke out change their minds It is assumed the backbench would not have said anything if the government did not Utend to act itself BENNETT TO QUIT SOMETIME VICTORIA CP Premier Bennett is going to retire from politics sometime He was asked in an inter interview view today about his state statement � ment in the legislature Mon Monday � day that he was approached by a group of businessmen in Toronto to head a new politi political � cal party Ive said many times I Russians had given assurance would never leave the prov that several thousand troops would be out of Cuba by March 15 There was no official com comment � ment from the White House or the state department Senator Richard B Russell Georgia Democrat who is chair chairman � man of the Senate armed serv services � ices committee said that while the Soviet pledge to withdraw some troops is encouraging we cannot be complacent about it until all the Russian troops and technicians manning any weapons are removed Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts senior Re Republican � publican on the armed services group Senator John Stcnnis Mississippi Democrat who is head of the Senate prepared preparedness � ness subcommittee Senator Barry Goldwater Arizona Re Republican � publican and Senate Democra Democratic � tic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana expressed similar views ince When Ive reached my goal Ill retire What is the goal Everyone has a goal Evcrjonc must stand for something or else theyll fall for anvthing Crown witness said threatened MONTREAL CP Mr Justice Roger Ouimet today reported threats against the life of Jean Paul Fournel key Crown wit witness � ness in the Santa Claus murder trial have been received Mr Justice Ouimet presiding at the trial of Georges Maicotte on charge of capital murder said that as a result of the threats he was given instruc instructions � tions that everyone entering the courtroom the public wit witnesses � nesses and the press be searched for weapons SHOWERS WeamerOnjJ roundup i i i ymu ramf T LK Steffi Area forecast for Thursday calls for mainly cloudy skies with showers Partial clearing overnight Little change in tem temperature � perature Winds southerly 15 in main vallejs otherwise light Low tonight and high Tliuis clay at Prince George and Smithers 28 and 42 Quesnel 30 and 45 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George 37 30 34 Terrace 42 36 36 Smithers 41 31 13 Quesnel 42 31 14 Williams Lake 45 2J 04 Kamloops 42 2G 04 Whitchorse 22 a trace Fort Nelson 4 -5 01 Foil St John 13 -3 16 Dawson deck 16 1 31 PRAIRIE WEATHER Eatly morning weather in major cities Winnipeg 23 below winds 30 45 Saskatoon 24 below NW wind 9 Regina 24 below NW wind 13 Calgary 6 above wind west 6 Edmonton 2 below wind NW 9