Hearing opens NEW WESTMINSTER CP More than COO pmoncis at the BC federal penitentiary here may lose their evening recre recreational � ational privileges as a icsult of a It hour uprising in which guaul Patrick Dennis was held hostage by knife wielding con icts roadbed across a gully gave way Also restricted to single lane is a section of Highway 97 seven miles south of Hixon where a small slide occurred last week Still passable but heavily flooded in some sections is Highway 1G at and near Gis Giscome � come where up to two feet of water still covered the road to today � day Eagle Lake is ieported seven feet higher than normal Mr Park said flooding of the road and paits of the Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd millyard piobably was due to a series of blockades on Eaglet Creek between the mill and Eaglet Lake Culverts vveie being cleared today and it is hoped flooding will recede Normal two way traffic has been icsumed following a wash out last week on a detour around highway constitution 17 Now hear this The Jobo who diovc two tone car Licenced 462 972 at high speed along two gravel roads flanking Peden Hill School this avem should have his head lead tie obviously doesnt care about the safety of children BC Forest Service protection bojs aie so busy preparing pumps hoses and other equip equipment � ment for the fire season they havent noticed their ware warehouse � house on Fifteenth has had its iiJtnv changed to Varehose Two black labradors appar apparently � ently weie annojed at a sign iu Fort George Park which read that dogb must be kept out vn Jejs on leashes This pair ex expressed � pressed their opinions on the haJ of the sign Some time ago Our Favorite Landlady cooked up a batch of homebrew beer it was delicious said the bouiders although a mite weak On her second batch OFL doubled and ttebled the ingiedi ents on the theory multiplicity increases potency It did but the boarders complained their tv viewing was interrupted too oUuj by the sounds of exploding police court has been very cool recently but it isnt due to any lack of warmth from the bench or counsel table Old Fickle the cop shop furnace has the unhappy faculty of blowing hot in summer and cold in winter Temp in the court Friday and Saturday reached a high of 55 Memo to the couitesy de paitment CKlG Why not offer explanations when film especi especially � ally ancient stuff is substituted for regular piograms Like last night when Sullivan Bonanza and Quest failed to appear Emmanuel United Church worn en pla lu icdecorate and furn furnish � ish a manse for a student min minister � ister They would appreciate any donations for this pioject Anvonc who can help is asked to phone LOgan 4 830G or LOgan 4 6733 Theatre Workshop PGs Fred Bradley savs an appeal for a skeleton to be used in this weeks play Doctor in the House has resulted only in a couple of waggish phone calls One lad w anted to know what sex was needed Fred says he couldnt bottles Theres been no thijd l cue less he wants to use it on batch i Atmosphere in city stage not to kiss it -f W Cruising on the highway Car top boats arc recommended accessories for motorists driving to Giscome or points east on Highway 16 after rising water from Eaglet Lake poured over the roadbed and yards of Eagle Lake Sawm ills Ltd Water receded about three inches during the weekend but still covered sections of the road and yard today A band mill which was shut down due to rising water is back in operation today HIGH WATER AND WASHOUTS SF ews work to clear roads Despite three davs of sunshine i hours earlv Satuulay after the and diving winds highways de department � partment work crews are keep keeping � ing wary eves on district toads as spring breakup conditions continue to cause trouble spots The weather has helped a lot said Al Park district highways superintendent but there still arc a lot of soft spots Single lane traffic has been lestored at a slide 17 miles west of the city on Highway 1G Traffic was closed off for three miles cast of Burns Lake Were losing the odd bit of pavement but nothing unusual for this time of vear a Burns Lake highways department spokesman commented The area is having normal breakup conditions MILAN Italy tfi Soviet l Premier Khrushchev warned to today � day that settlement of the prob- j lem of divided Germany and especially Berlin must take precedence over disarmament and other burning world issues Only if this East West ques question � tion is solved he told the news newspaper � paper 11 Giorno others would fall into place Khrushchev blamed the US for everj thing going wrong and especially the deadlocked dis armament negotiations If the U S would just accept the Soviet Unions word with without � out insisting on inspections the piemier said an agreement to end nuclear tests could easily be negotiated He also repeated the Soviet threat made at Geneva to withdraw its offer of two or three nuclear inspections a ear if the US continued to insist on seven or eight He himsQlf said Khrushchev did not believe in God but those who did obviously mean meaning � ing President Kennedy had the moral duty not to build nu nuclear � clear weapons The Soviet leader denounced the stationing of nuclear sub submarines � marines to the Mediterranean TOKYO TAXPAYERS GET TEA CRUMPETS TOKYO Lfl The tax ad ministration has announced all tax offices will hold open houses three times a month at which taxpayers will be serv served � ed tea and offered sympa sympathetic � thetic advice on their tax problems Cfi MONTREAL CP Bomb scares and flag burning flared up again in Montreal Sunday following the death of an elderly night watchwan in an explosion at the rear of a downtown army recruiting office The fatal blast just before midnight Saturday was blamed on Le Front de Liberation Que becois which describes itself as a Quebec separatist group of suicide commandos pledged to destroy by sabotage all colon colonial � ial symbols and institutions particularly the RCMP and the armed forces Dead is William Victor i ONeill G5 a civil servant due 1 to retire next month He was 1 killed when the bomb exploded in a wooden refuse box behind I the recruiting office His wife survives j BOOBY TRAP 1 Army sources said Mr I ONeill walked out the back I door shortly before the bomb I went off at 1140 throwing his j body about 10 feet into a lane almost under the walls of the Vatican despite the peace pleas of Pope John He claimed the subs and the US insistence on sending nu nuclear � clear warheads to Canada were intended to divert any Soviet reprisals from the US to its allies Khrushchevs action in grant ing an interview to an Italian journalist was considered stra strategically � tegically timed to affect Italian parliamentary elections next Sunday II Giorno is owned by the State Oil Co and supports Pietro Nennis left wing Social Socialists � ists In Washington US officials said they found nothing parti particularly � cularly new in Khrushchevs statements Khrushchev said the easing of the Cuban crisis had not led to an easing of the cold war He e Quiet family gathering marks Queens birthday LONDON HI Queen Eliza Elizabeth � beth celebrated her 37th birthday Sunday with a quiet family gathering in Windsor Castle The artillery salutes which normally boom in the capital on a monarchs birthday were delavcd in the interests of maintaining sabbath calm The ceremonial gunfire was set for today instead One small salute was per permitted � mitted by 21 minature cannons in the grounds of Windsor Castle where the Queen was spending the day with Prince Philip and their three chil children � dren The party was joined at lunch time by Princess Mar Margaret � garet and her husband WATCHMAN SLAIN r m Bomb scares and violence flare up again in Montreal Other Quebec secessionist groups condemned the bomb bombing � ing saving terrorism docs the separatist cause more harm than good An army source said Mr ONeills body was badly mu mutilated � tilated by the blast The left hand was blown off and left arm shattered He must have touched something Dct Sgt Leo Plouffe Mont Montreal � real police bomb expert said he was fairly certain it was a booby trap but it might take several days to reconstruct what happened PHONE TIPS Nothing was found at the scene to link the explosions di directly � rectly with the FLQ But the slogan vive le Quebec libre long live free Quebec was scrawled on a nearby telephone booth and an anonymous tele telephone � phone caller told the Montreal bureau of The Canadian Press about an hour earlier that the FLQs operation Jean Lcsagc is continuing as announced German split must be settled before disarmament warns Khrushchev blamed this on the US In the United States he claimed there are forces which continue the old policy of from a position of strength the unrestrained campaign staged by the angry men in the US and launched against a sovreign state Cuba and the support offered by certain American circles to maritime robbery and piracy in the Carribcan Sea are in fact the manifestations of this policy Speaking of his troubles with communist China Khrushchev said the current debate be between � tween Moscow and Peking is an internal affair and will only lead to a strengthening of re relations � lations He said Western speculation about the depth and seriousness of the split is just wishful think thinking � ing e OTTAWA CR Lester Bowles Pearson smiling and jaunty in striped pants an d cutaway coat today was sworn in as 14th prime minister of Canada With htm were 25 Liberal members of parliament his choices for cabinet posts in the new government There were few surprises in the list Top posts went to Paul Mar Martin � tin 59-year-old veteran MP for Essex East Ont who becomes i external affairs minister Lionel Chevrier of Montreal Lauricr justice Paul Hcllycr Toronto Trinity defence Mitchell Sharp Toronto Eglinton trade and Walter Gordon Toronto Daven Davenport � port finance J W Pickersgill Bonavlsta Twillingatc was named secre secretary � tary of state The list included two minis ministers � ters from BC Arthur Lalng of Vancouver South for northern affairs and Jack Nicholson of Vancouver Centre in forestry As State Secretary Pickers gill and External Affairs Min Minister � ister Martin walked toward the main entrance Pickersgill said Youre walking too fast You seem anxious Weve lots to do Martin replied In the geographical break breakdown � down 10 of the 26 cabinet mem members � bers including Mr Pearson are from Ontario constituencies There arc eight from Quebec two from BC and one each from Newfoundland Prince Ed Edward � ward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Manitoba and Al Alberta � berta and none in Saskatche Saskatchewan � wan where the Liberals did not win a seat in the April 8 elec tion In the former Liberal govern government � ment which was defeated in the 1957 election Mr Martin held the health portfolio Mr Chev Chevrier � rier had transport Mr Pickers Pickersgill � gill immigration and Mr Hell yer associate defence Mr Pearson was the external affairs minister of that admin administration � istration led by Louis St Laur itlzen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia Phono LOgan 4 2441 Vol 7 No 78 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY APRIL 22 1963 25 IN CABINET Pearson becomes prime minister ent Ministers of the new Liberal government with their port portfolios � folios and the constituencies they represent in the Commons Prime Minister Lester B Pearson G5 Algoma East Ont Justice Lionel Chevrier GO Montreal Laurier External Affairs Paul Mar Martin � tin 59 Essex East Ont Government Senate leader W Boss MacDonald State secretary J W Pick Pickersgill � ersgill 57 Bonavista-Twilhn-gate Newfoundland Defence Paul Hellver 39 Toronto Trinity Finance Walter Gordon 57 Toronto Davenport Trade Mitchell Sharp 51 Toronto Eglinton Postmaster General Azcl his Denis 5G Montreal St Denis Transport George Mcll raith 54 Ottawa West Mines William Bendickson 52 Kenora Rainy Uiver Ont Northern Affairs Arthur Laing 58 Vancouver South President of the Privy Coun Council � cil Maurice Lamontagno 4G Montreal Outrcmont St Jean National Revenue J R Garland 45 Nipissing Ont Associate defence minister Continued on P9t 3 CRACKLE OF GUNFIRE ON DROWSY AFTERNOONS VICTORIA CPl Premier W A C Bennett leaves Tues Tuesday � day for a week long visit to San Francisco where it is reported he will talk to fin financial � ancial interests The premier himself would not elaborate on his business in the California city except to say he would be away at least a week Asked specifically if he would be dealing with the Columbia River power project he declined to comment British Columbia has a trade office in San Francisco its only one in the United States WARD SOUGHT Kclowna was successful in ob obtaining � taining a psychiatric ward for the general hospital there Officers will be elected at tonights meeting Interested persons are invited to attend Man jailed for theft is freed A Prince George man was to be released from the BC peni penitentiary � tentiary today after serving one vear of afive jear term for theft Albert James Johnson suc successful � cessful appealed his convic conviction � tion here Jan 18 1962 of hav having � ing a part in the theft of four calves from the Dominion Ex- perimcntal Farm here Vigilantes in White South Africa JOHANNESBURG Rcu teis White citizens of South Afuca are forming pistol clubs and vigilante gioups for fear of trouble from Africans both inside and outside the countrys borders On weekends the crackle of small arms fire shatters the drowsy afternoon as whites practice their marksmanship and skill in belf defence After a rash of home guard type organizations had sprung up the government stepped in with an announcement that such people would be wiser to join the police reserve I The Civilian Protection Or Organization � ganization formed in Pretoria demonstrates the popular appeal of such vigilante groups It gained 2000 mem members � bers in one month Founders of the Pretotia group said they aimed at creating a peoples organiza tion as a answer to those out outside � side the borders of South Af Africa � rica who wish to upset the traditional way of life in the country At the same time the gen general � eral feeling of insecurity among whites has prompted moves in various towns to tighten up curfews which in big cities bar non whites from white areas at night South Africa received a brutal shock last November when about 100 Africans in the quiet little wine growing town of Paarl in the Cape marauded through the streets They attacked the police sta station � tion and several white fam families � ilies A oung white man and a girl were slashed to death Six of the attackeis were shot dead On Feb 5 a band of Af Africans � ricans attacked and murdered a white road builder his wife two teenage daughteis and nephew in a remote part of the Transkei Reservu in the southeast of the republic At first police denied that Poqo terrorism was involved but later said they believed it was Poqo held responsible for other attacks on pro-government Afiicans in the Transkei is a seciet organization that has been compared to the Mau Mau in Kenya It is a terrorist movement with the motto kill or be killed Witchcraft and oath ing ceremonies are i scd The object is to drive out or ex exterminate � terminate the white man and in fact all non Africans - Bennett refuses to state reason for business trip RMBH Eto Bl SlIlF IK 8Wk ffWai- fi r MIIiH Meeting tonight will form mental health group here An organizational meeting to form a local chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Associ- ation has been called by school principal Bob Moss for 8 tonight in the Northern Interior Health Unit 1461 Sixth Mr Moss said main purpose of the group will be to press lor establishment of a psychiatric ward in the Prince George Re Regional � gional Hospital He said a similar group at was weak and that Mr Justice R A Wootton misdirected the jury concerning exhibits entered at the trial An appeal by James Ernest Bourque 27 also of Prince George who was charged jointly with Johnson and sentenced to four years was dismissed Police report quiet weekend RCMP today reported a quiet weekend with only an average number of minor complaints received Nothing appeared to be miss missing � ing from Shields Motor Products Ltd 623 George after a would be thief or thieves broke into the building by forcing a door Despite heavier highway traf traffic � fic as sunny skies prevailed in the region no serious car ac accidents � cidents reported Elsewhere in Canada fires and traffic accidents claimed at least 27 lives during the weekend Tour children were burned to death as their parents and two other children escaped from The BC Court of Appeal di- their Mctlakalta Indian Villacc rected his conviction to be home near Prince Rupert quashed after finding his identi- Two persons were killed in fication as a party to the crime t traffic mishaps in BC Weather roundup The five day US outlook in indicates � dicates cooler weather by Wed 1 ncsday with an unsettled week weekend � end in view Precipitation should be generally light and temperatures below normal j Normal readings for late April arc a low of 32 and high of 57 FORECAST Locally the forecast calls for clouding over tonight and var variable � iable cloudiness Tuesday with a few showers Not much change in temperature light winds Low tonight and high Tuesday at Prince George Quesnel and Snuthers 30 and 55 Peace River Sunny with a few cloudy peiiods Little change in temperatuie Winds southwesterly 15 Low tonight and high Tuesday at Grande Prairie 30 and 50 Low tonight and high Tues Tuesday � day at Vancouver 42 and CO Victoria 45 and 58 SHOWERS HJljl -O C3 L LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prcc Prince George 52 29 Terrace 65 33 Smithers 61 31 Quesnel 57 27 Williams Lake 51 30 Kamloos 65 39 Whitehorse 48 35 Fort Nelson 51 31 Fort St John U 29 Dawson Creek 4J 25 PRAIRIE WEATHER Fair but slightlv cool weather persists over the Prairies to today � day Night temperatures clip clipped � ped into th 20s and afternoon readings in the upper 40s are expected today Cloud cover will be variable but for the most part thin and patchy Winds should icmain light Winnipeg 30 pa it cloudy Brandon 31 light winds sunny Swift Current 30 wind ESE 7 Saskatoon 32 SE wind 8 part cloudy Regina 31 ESE wind at 3 cloudy Edmonton 26 clear and calm Medicine Hat 31 cloudy- calm Calgary 22 vvuul SE clear Lelhbridgc 29 wind calm sunny IN THE CITIZEN Betty Conner - - 10 Classified 8 9 Comics 10 Coming events 11 Editorial page 7 District news -- 2 9 Gardening 12 Here and there -- U Mrkets - 3 Quesnel new 2 Sports 4 5 Tv and news 2 10