BW f t t t7vv L BBt f BBSS BBBHbm r 8S Sp- VaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaVBYB a BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBV ti u sjf- a VBBBBBBBV kj iiJKi aBBlBBBBBBH r sj aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBb - V 4 KilKW tp WjVbBiBBH i lbc3UaBTBBMl BBBbTbtBBH - nBBBBBi BBBBBBBK P Bll a - rHkMSSmmBk POST OFFICE LETTER CARRIER CLIFFORD PEAKER IS TEST DRIVING A new mail carrier while making his rounds in the downtown business area The buggy is the first one to be tried out in Prince George although similar units are in operation at Penticton Post Office officials estimate about three times as much mail can be carried in the buggy as with the regular mail bag The buggy will be used where there are sidewalks and where a heavy volume of mail merits its use Vandervoort photo BUT COUNCIL RELUCTANT Library seeks budget hike Library board chairman Bob llarkins is trying to persuade city council to part with an the Advisory Planning Com mission an application for re zoning of property on Central to make way for construction of a six suite apartment block The applicant proposes to construct a 32500 building on four lots in the 900 block Cen Central � tral and has requested rezoning from residential to multiple dwelling At the same time council Monday night agreed to sell a strip of property adjacent to the Northern Lights Motel on Third for 4500 The HO foot long strip bor borders � ders Third and a steep cnbank ment and is required to provide access for a proposed new mo motel � tel Described as useless piece of property by one member of council the land is not zoned and is only 50 feet deep in places Council will consider a re additional 2310 to supplement the 1963 library operating budget Apartment rezoning plea referred to commission City council has referred to i Chamber of Commerce for an increase of 500 in the citys annual grant Consideration will be given the appeal at a spe special � cial meeting of council April 17 when the 1963 budget will be brought down Chamber president Harold Assman suggested the city should assume increased res ponsibility for the operation of the chambers bureau on First since its facilities are being used by a large segment of the city s population Council ll unable partment of Transport request for assistance from the city fire department in the event fire breaks out in one of the DOT buildings at the airport Fire Chief August Dornbierer advised council the distance to the airport is too great the de department � partment has insufficient equip ment and it is against estab- quest from Prince George lished policy Now hear this Fewer than 500 dog licences have been bought in the city according to Poundkeeper Rhys Thomas He knows there arc many more than 500 mutts trot trotting � ting the town walks so folks who find their dogs picked up cant say they havent been warned Board of Broadcast Gover Governors � nors announced today that transmitters which will broad broadcast � cast CuC programs be built at Fort St James and Fort St John shortly The BBG also said the antenna site of radio station CBRQ at Quesnel is due to be changed In spite when the roads are in normal condition hardtopped in good weather and with vehicles ap apparently � parently in good condition In other words the biggest fault IN THE CITIZEN Betty Conner - 8 Classified -- 10 11 Comics - - 7 Coming events 5 District news -- 6 Editorial page 9 Entertainment guide 13 14 Here and there t Market 3 Quesnel news 2 Sports 4 Tw 2 13 is the condition of the driver Its rumored that the almost-completed 12 ccll addition to the city police station may not contain cells after all The room may be turned into a large single cell containing bunks only Fellows who complain about tickets for over parking they got last fall and havent yet paid are reminded by RCMP that motorists with general delivery addresses are not always easy to locate so it may take a little more time for the summonses to be deli delivered � vered Aid Frank Clark usually can be relied on to of what drivers like to think I uuut uu KUU aus1 caw Provincial ToEr tehicV st nron2 thifon acciJ fcts fc for Kfort on this one tistics reveal that most candidate Aid dents on U C highways happen When Liberal Charlie Graham in a spate of levity backed up Franks con contention � tention that the city library needs more books be remark remarking � ing he couldnt find any there on Liberalism during several recent visits Frank quipped Never mind Charlie just keep trying and youll be able to wutc your own book While down in Tennessee there is a possibility of another monkey trial over explain explaining � ing the theory of evolution in public schools the local tv schedule has an interesting pro program � gram scheduled for Easter Sun Sunday � day Nature of Things will pre present � sent recent fossil discoveries which shed new light on the an ancestry � cestry and evolution ol man Now Hear That But after meeting with coun council � cil Monday night to appeal for the increase his chances ap appeared � peared slim if Major Garvin Dezclls opinion is any criterion I dont think Prince George is suffering said the mayor Were providing as good a library service as any city of a comparable size He made it plain the library board had been treated fairly when the city built the new library building last year Personally until I know the school costs I dont choose to discuss it the major said bluntly In a three page brief the board chairman explained the library requires a new book budget of 8000 and to achieve this the boards provisional budget of 24145 must be in increased � creased to 26455 A provincial Government nrant of S2000 agreed it would be pius an estimated revenue of to comply with a Dc- 30000 from fines on overdue books would give the board a total budget of 30155 For the outcome of his ap appeal � peal Mr Harkins must wait the results of a special meeting of council April 17 when the apportionment of school costs will be known and the 1963 mill rate struck Council agreed to review the library boards re request � quest at that time Talks on sale of two lumber operations end BURNS LAKE Correspond ent Negotiations for the sale of Decker Lake Lumber Co of Decker Lake and S aw S Saw mills of Pendleton Bay to Im Imperial � perial Lumber Co of Edmon Edmonton � ton have been completed a spokesman for the Edmonton company announced today Signing of the agreement was expected to be completed shott ly Price of the transaction and plans for the two operations have not been divulged Both operations are subsidi subsidiaries � aries of Prince George Planing Mills Ltd Cfc ters were on hand Defence Production Minister OHurlcy Immigration Minister Bell For Forestry � estry Minister Asselin Extern External � al Affairs Minister Green and Frank McGee minister without portfolio Works Minister Fulton who earlier was elected provincial Progressive Conservative lead leader � er in British Columbia and did not stand for re election told reporters he expects to be back in B C in 10 days to stay He said he was encouraged by the election results in BC where he noted that Social Credit had lost ground in Pre Premier � mier W A C Bennetts home town of Kclowna As Mr Green entered the Continued on Page 3 Airline pickets to be removed during weekend VANCOUVER CD Pickets will disappear this weekend from tho Pacific Western Air Airlines � lines centre at Vancouver air airport � port But that wont mean their stukc has been settled In an unprecedented action the striking flight attendants and stewardesses have offered to remove their lines to allow lumbermen to travel PWA be between � tween the mainland and Van Vancouver � couver Island Members of the International Woodwoikers of America have lcfused to cross the picket lines Ah 1WA spokesman said that the lines will be removed from noon today to noon Friday and all day Monday to allow IWA members to go home for tho Easter weekend without I breaking their commitment Council approves plan for second magstrafe Magistrate George- Stewart virtually snowed under by an accumulation of trials will leceive the assistance of a deputy City council approved Monday night the appoint appointment � ment of deputy magistrate It S Munvo following a report last week that magistrates court is from four to five weeks behind schedule Mr Munro who will be employed as his services are required will receive a remuneration of C0 for a full day and 30 for a half day He will hear trials in County Court e Second ship for Alaska service on way north SEATTLE AP The Alaskan ferry Taku left here late Wednesday on its delivery run to Ketchican and an early -report said everything was going smoothly The vessel is the second to be built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Co of Seattle for the Alaska ferry system A sister ship the Malaspina was delivered earlier Taku skipper Capt M M Merktcy estimated the 653 mile voyage would take about 40 hours and said the ferry should dock in Ketchikan between 11 pm today and 1 am Friday 27 MINISTERS PRESENT Nothing to say Dief says as cabinet meets OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Diefenbaker and most of his cabinet met today for their first meeting since Mondays election defeat Mr Diefenbaker told reporters I have nothing for you Nothing If any announcements were to be made he said wed let you know in advance Mr Diefenbaker and 21 min ministers � isters were present Only ab absentee � sentee was Postmaster General Fairclough who was reported to have left her Hamilton Ont1 home for a vacation after her defeat Five other defeated minis TWINS EXCHANGE FOOLS SCHOOLS AURORA NY AP The Jones girls blonde blue eyed identical twins attend colleges hundreds of miles apart They decided to switch schools for two days this week We fooled all of the im important � portant people the admin administration � istration and the professors said Leila Jones 20-year-old sophomore at Wells College in Aurora NY adding We fooled some of the students too but the word got around Her twin Jean is a sopho sophomore � more at Whcaton College in Norton Mass e By The Associated Press Admiral George V An Anderson � derson chief of the US naval operations announc announced � ed today very reluctantly I have come to the conclu conclusion � sion that the submarine Thresher has indeed been lost Anderson spoke at a press conference more than 25 hours aftqr the nuclear powered sub submarine � marine carrying 129 persons officers and men and civilians was lost to contact about 220 miles cast of Cape Cod in 8180 feet of water Anderson said two main fac factors � tors influenced his judgment The salvage vessel Recovery followed an oil slick detected Wednesday and found bits of cork used in internal construc tion of submarines Even if there had been a communica tions failure or the Thresher had gotten out of position in relation to its escort Skylark surely in the interim there would have been opportunity for the Thresher to have re reestablished � established contact I conclude with great regret and sadness that this fine ship with 129 souls aboard is lost Anderson said This morning five more navy ships including the submarines Scawolf and Sea Owl joined the search But the navy said there were no new reports on the Thresher Earlier a Massachusetts Air National Guard plane got with within � in 75 miles of the area where the Thresher is believed lost before having to turn back be because � cause of foul weather The C t7 with 15 reporters and photographers aboard went 150 miles before running into a hail storm Lt Col Thomas E Judge the pilot said severe weather including a snowstorm lay in the area of the stricken submarine The Thresher is the first atomic submarine to be lost in Continued on Page 5 Itlzen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia hon lOgao 4 2441 Vol 7 No 72 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA THURSDAY APRIL 11 1963 ATOMIC CRAFT MISSING 129 feared lost in sub disaster ENGAGEMENTS CANCELLED W P Month -rfT qteBT CARRIB SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS East Little League to fold due to lack of help in organuation Ed Hailcys grand slam homer gives Giants C 7 win over Colts Vancouver Canucks take 3 2 overtime win from Seattle Sec Page 4 Gov Gen Vanier hit by mild heart attack OTTAWA CP A mild heart attack has forced Gov Gen Vanier to cancel his official engagements for the next six weeks Otherwise h i s excellency will be able to carry out his duties as Governor General an official announcement fjom Government House said Wed Wednesday � nesday A medical bulletin issued to today � day by Government House said Gen Vanier is making satis satisfactory � factory progress The bulletin which reported the Governor General had a good night said he is rest resting � ing comfortably and his doctor has stated that his excellency is making satisfactory pro gress A spokesman for the Queens representative said Gen Vanier 74 suffered the attack at Gov ernment House Tuesday He stressed that the attack was a very mild one and that it was the first suffered by the Governor-General He said Gen Vanier still will be able to receive visitors at his official residence The announcement said ho has been ordered to rest The end of the Governor-Generals recovery period is around mid May when the 26th Parlia Parliament � ment may be convened Norm Normally � ally the Governor - General would read the speech from the throne at the opening Constitutionally the Governor-General can turn all of his powers and duties to the chief justice or a judge of the Su Supreme � preme Court of Canada with the exception of the power to dis dissolve � solve Parliament and call -a general election At present the chief justice justiceship � ship is vacant due to the recent death of Patrick Kcrwin Mr Justice Robert Taschereau is the senior puisne judge bbvbbvbbvbbvbbvbbvbbvXvXv 9aBvBBvBBvBHBsBBvMBiBwBHBHBflMBBL y f ai - ivjrj BTaTaTaBBBBBBBBL mmmmmmmmmmMJKHKSmWmsSWrQ- BBBBBBBBBB BBHBBVBBBBBHBBaaiHBBfSSBt bbbbbI ItmMKSfMm mwbMWmwM bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb WKKKftt- BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK mMWmWBfmW3f 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employee Fujikawa photo CHILD STRANGLES IN SWING ROPE POWELL RIVER CD Nina Marie Lambert 18-months-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Noel Lambsrt strangled Wednes Wednesday � day when she became en entangled � tangled in the rope of a swing on which she was playing Police said the accident occurred in the back yard of her parents home An inquiry will be held Chief once mixed up in graft probe to retire in BC VICTORIA CPI Walter Mut ligan the Vancouver police chief fired at his own request during a 1955 graft investiga investigation � tion has returned from the US to retire in suburban Oak Bay In an interview Wednesday he declined to discuss the royal commission investigation which resulted in the Tupper report The report brought down by R H Tupper on his six month inquiry into the affairs of the Vancouver police department said Mr Mulligan while chief shared in payoffs from gam gamblers � blers All that is behind us now Mr Mulligan said Wednesday He and his wife Violet moved into a new split level home on a quiet side street in Oak Bay I I 4b L- I V Mf snuwtKa SHOWERS il4MJ l RnBB yTBBBjBai 1 J A survey of weather condi conditions � tions on Easter Sunday over tho last 30 years shows that tem temperatures � peratures in the southern parts of Canada have averaged in the lov 50s except in southern BC where they reach the low GOs In Quebec and the eastern provinces temperatures range in the mid 40s OdJs here for rain on Easter Sunday are one in four Local forecast for Good Fri- dav is for cloudy skies with scattered showers and little I change in temperature Licht winds Low tonight and high Friday at Prince Geomo and I Quesnel 32 and 50 Smithers n nl Kn Outlook for Saturday Show ers with improved conditions expected Sunday Rain on Mon Monday � day Vancouver and Victoria Low tonight and high Friday at both points 53 and 53 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Low Prec Princo George 54 30 Terrace 57 30 Smithers 53 8 Quesnel 58 21 Williams Lako 53 27 Kamloops 59 35 - Dawson Creek 51 30 Youth 20 dies in 2 car crash A Tintagcl youth Floyd Earl Watson 20 died in Vaiidorluwf 1 hospital Wednesday night fol following � lowing a head-on- car accident U miles cast of Vandcrhoof Watson was driving a snidU foreign car when ho was ir collision with a larger car driven by Walter Cleave of Prince George Cleave is re reported � ported in good condition la hospital RCMP said The accident occurred about 9 am Wednesday An inquest has been ordered