Business-as-usual day as Kennedy reaches 46 WASHINGTON AP President Kennedy reached his 46th birthday today Except for an evening party planned by his wife it was a business-as-usual day for Kennedy JAYCEES HAVE BEEN BUSY FOR SEVERAL weeks preparing for the provincial Junior Chamber of Commerce convention starting here tonight and ending Sunday About 400 delegates and wives are expected Jayccttes Mrs Dot Johnson and Mrs Ann CO OPERATION ASKED HERE US lumber spokesman reaffirms tough stand WASHINGTON CP A spokesman for the US lumber industry said Tuesday Uiat un until � til there are solutions through international action the industry will continue to seek protection through Congress against heavy Marginal failures might be allowed into university VICTORIA CP Although Grade 12 students cant take supplemental examinations this j ear not all students who fail in one subject will be barred from attending Vivtoria College or the University of BC Marginal failures will come under review by an adjudica adjudication � tion board Education Minister Peterson said Tuesday In the event that a deserv deserving � ing student fails in one subject provided his record is good he will hae his case considered in detail Mr Peterson said that follow ing representations from parent teachers groups he has referred the possibility of reviving sup plcmcntal examinations to the provincial uuuru ui i auiiuucis They were eliminated this year Cluculz Lake resort operators who expect the hottest entry so far for their annual char fishing derby which is held to raise money for Aurora School for Retarded Children are up in the air about an error in their aihertising posters The con contest � test starts this Saturday and finishes Sunday next week June 9 So ignore the posters which read June 18 Costs a buck to enter and ou can win sccral cash prizes Wanted women between the ages of 18 and 40 single for the date bureau at the Jaycecs provincial convention Seems the Jaycees look for some 400 persons to attend the convention many of whom will be unattached while they are here males So they are look ing for unattached during the convention at least females so the bojs can have dates for three big dances that are plan- IN THE CITIZEN Classified -8 Cpmic - 10 Coming event -11 District new 2 Editorial page 7 Here and there 11 Market 3 Sport - 4 Tv 2 lumber Imports from Canada Mortimer B Doyle execu executive � tive vice president of the Na National � tional Lumber Manufacturers Association told reporters his organization has a mandate to wage an all out effort to reduce the impact of Canadian soft softwoods � woods on domestic markets The tariff commission earlier this year rejected the associa tions demands for higher tar tariffs � iffs against Canadian softwoods and the association turned its efforts to Congress to seek im port curbs through legislative action However while a number of bills on the issue are pending in Congress none has been ap approved � proved Last week Doyle appeared before the Northern Interior Lumbermens Association at Prince George and urged co cooperation � operation between the Canadian and US industries to defeat their common enemy substi substitutes � tutes for lumber as building materials CHAMBER AWARDS VANCOUVER CP The BC Chamber of Commerce has honored Kelovvna Keremeos L and Kitimat branches with gavel-of-the-year awards for outstanding achievement Now hear this ned for Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings Interested Then phone LOgan 4 5185 before 5 pm and LOgan 4 6547 after 5 pm According to The Citizen fishing columnist Salmo somebody got his direc directions � tions mixed when writing jes terdays cutlines under the pic picture � ture of the big char Morfee not Morphey Lake is located on the Parsnip River access road northwest of McLeods Lake not near the Kenney Dam Army Cadet training officer Jim McDonell today issued a cal to remind his charges the annual inspection is slated for 7 pm Thursday at the Armory lies afraid the turnout might be less than it should be because quite a few of the bojs have been taking advantage of the nice weather to play ball in instead � stead of turning out for parades With 80 cadets registered par ades have been drawing only about half strength and Jim wants to sec a full complement out for the inspection plus presentation of awards and tro trophies � phies Whoever is responsible for the mess of garbage on display between the CNR tracks and First certainly did a good Job of ignoring Clean up Week Its not too late to do something about it Day weekend Reporters traced Brown to Rio de Janeiro Brazil after an airlines clerk reported a round trip ticket had been paid for in small bills CHAMBERS BACK COLUMBIA SALE VANCOUVER CP The BC Chamber of Commerce Tuesday supported a Vancou Vancouver � ver Board of Trade resolu resolution � tion favoring Columbia River power development and sale of downstream benefits to the US The resolution stipulates that sale of the benefits should cover all costs of the project Zk Phone lOgon 4 2441 Vol 7 No 104 Perry are assisted in filling grab bags for delegates by convention chairman Ernie Hill as preparations are completed See story on Page 11 Roy Fujikawa photo MP urges quick action to defeat separatism OTTAWA CP The senior Conservative spokes spokesman � man from Quebec Leon Balcer says the peaceful revolution in his provinccls suctf that the federal government cannot afford to wait two years for a royal commission report The former transport minister told the Commons Tuesday that Quebec will sink even deeper into separatism unless immediate action is taken to give the province a larger role in Confederation and French Canadians a larger role in society Only 30000 missing in armored car theft VANCOUVER CP Three men are charged and all but some 30000 of the 525000 stolen from the Loomis armor armored � ed car service 10 days ago has been recovered Charged with theft over 50 are Douglas John Brown 35 Loomis guard driver William John vGrant 31 con contractor � tractor president of F W G Construction a small firm in outlying North Surrey Jerry Peterson 33 identified by police as a laborer with no fixed address All three appeared before Magistrate Gordon Scott Tues Tuesday � day No plea was taken and bail was set at 15000 eacn They were remanded for a week for hearing The case began on the night of May 18 with an armored car making the rounds of 48 supermarkets and collecting more than 500000 The money vanished some time overnight but the theft went undiscovered until May 21 when Brown did not return to work after his long Victoria The suspect was arrested by Rio police held incommuni incommunicado � cado then hustled aboard a New York bound airliner The money was recovered and Grant and Peterson were arrested while Brown was en route home A police inspector said Tues Tuesday � day that bank clerks counted the small bills found in three suitcases in a Hope motel Sun day We are between 28000 and 30000 short he said The money was to be re recounted � counted later e Harry Wipper manager of the Civic Properties and Recre Recreation � ation Commission in Nanaimo Tuesday was elected president of the BC Arena Auditorium and Stadium Association Mr Wipper succeeds Bill Woy cik manager of the Civic Pro pcrties and Recreation Commis Commission � sion in Prince George as as association � sociation president 14th CONVENTION J O Bus Evans manager of Exhibition Gardens in Van couver was chosen first vice e com- muniquc published by the Vati Vatican � can newspaper LOsscrvatore Romano it was clear that the 81-ear-old pontiffs condition remained grave A massive blood transfusion Tuesday enabled him to sur survive � vive hemorrhaging Three transfusions to offset extensive internal bleeding from an abnormal stomachy growth that has bothered him for a jear were reported necessary to pull the pontiff through his brush with death Tuesday His condition still is grave and his Roman physician Dr Piero Mazzoni was with him throughout the night It was his eighth straight night in the apostolic palace After the Popes harrowing day Tuesday the word from in inside � side the Vatican was Only a miracle can save him Reuters news agency quoted an authoritative Vatican source as being slightly optimistic to today � day Reuters quoted the source as saying the Pope had a heart like a horse and might be able to resist his illness even for a month The Vatican press office said the Pope spent a good night and felt slightly better through the morning Though Pope John continued to have uninterrupted medical attention his chief personal physician Professor Antonio Gasbarrini did not call at the Vatican this morning This was an indication the Pope was feeling better president Joe lannarclli man manager � ager of the Municipal Spoits Centre in Esquimau was named second vice president REPS NAMED The elections highlighted the business session of the associa associations � tions 14th annual convention which ended here Tuesday night Bill Hunter of Nanaimo cas re elected representative of the commissioners while Vic Culpln ALL BLAZES REPORTED UNDER CONTROL three new ones were reported Forest service spokesmen said that 30 men and thiec crawler tractors have all tho fires under control or observa observation � tion and there luve been no major blazes repoitcd One of the larger fires is a 2 acre blaze near Taginchil Lake about 30 miles northwest of Prince George Eleven men and two crawler tractors are w oi king on it Hazard in the district is gen generally � erally moderate with low and moderate-to-ucli reported iu a Itizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY MAY 29 1963 FOOT SHATTERED 49 killed in collapse of rail station roof CP from AP Reuter LISBON Portugal Tumbling concrete slabs and steel girders from a collapsing railway station roof crushed 49 persons to death and injured Gl others in a holiday crowd here Tuesday There were reports of sabotage and police be began � gan an investigation Passengers returning from nearby beaches had just stepped out of a train when the roof of the station built about two years ago began to crumble CONDITION STILL GRAVE Blood transfusion pulls Pope through tough time VATICAN CITY AP The Vatican said today Pope John spent a night of tranquil repose during which he did not need assistance Despite this word in JURY RULES Accused insane Leo Inyallic 38 of McLeods Lake has been found not guilty of the Oct 15 murder of Nancy Alexis of McLeods Lake due to insanity Defence lavvvcr Gerald Levey of Vancouver admitted at the outset of the trial that Inyallic charged with capital murder had killed Nancy Alexis at Mc McLeods � Leods Lake Oct 15 However three psychiatrists one appearing for the defence and two for the Crown testi testified � fied they believed Inyallic was suffering a disease of the mind at the time of the offence The accused was of low men mental � tal capacity they testified and when admitted to Essondale Oct 19 he was suffering an acute brain svndrome charac characterized � terized by hallucinations Mr Justice 11 A MacLean of the BC Supreme Court told the jury in his instructions that there had been no proof of capi capital � tal murder and suggested a ver verdict � dict of not guilty on account of insanity When the jury brought in that verdict a few minutes later he ordered Inyallic held at the Prince George jail until the pleasure of the lieutenant-governor is known Normally an order-in-council committing In allic to a mental institution would be issued Nanaimo man succeeds Prince George member as president of arena group representative of the associate members Zone representatives elected were John McKenzie of Kim berley East Kootenay Harry Atkinson of Vancouver Main land Reg Stone of Trail West Kootenay Bill Woy cik of Prince George Northern Les Edwards of Penticton Okanagan and Jack Morgan of Victoria Island In other convention business Nanaimo was chosen over Pen Penticton � ticton as the site of the 1961 of Vancouver was ic elcctcd convention Sk 7c a Copy -ggf Girl narrowly escapes death in train mishap A 14-year-old girl had part of her left foot crushed this morning when it was caught under a wheel of a train in the CNRs Prince George yards Penny Fidvk daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike Fidyk was going from home in the Cotton Cottonwood � wood Island Improvement Dis District � trict to classes at Central Fort George Elementary School when the mishap occurred She was rushed by ambulance to the Prince George Regional Hospital where officials say her condition is fairly good Her doctor was not available for comment Railway officials investigat investigating � ing the 840 am accident said the girl was apparently cross crossing � ing a track under a coupling when the train an extra west westbound � bound freight started The girl one of five children crossing the yards on thir way to school didnt get out in time and a wheel of a boxcar ran over part of her foot It could have been a lot more serious said a CNR of ficial recalling the railway has repeatedly warned children not to use the yards as a short shortcut � cut into town Harry Wortman the CNRs BC area assistant manager said today he could not com ment on the incident He said Continued on Page 3 raj vff m PENNY FIDYK en way to school The five day forecast for this area calls for above normal temperatures and little precipi precipitation � tation Thursdays forecast for Cari Cariboo � boo Prince George and Bulk ley Valley a little cooler Cloudy with a few showers Winds westerly 20 Low to tonight � night and high Thursday at Prince George Quesnel and Smithers 40 and 65 Vancouver and Victoria Low tonight and high Thursday 45 and 62 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George 71 46 Terrace 72 51 06 Smithers 72 55 Quesnel 75 47 Williams Lake 75 45 Kamloops 87 57 Whitehorse 65 34 Fort Nelson 63 39 Fort St John 61 46 Fire total jumps after five day lull A five day trend to fewer fires in the Prince George For Forest � est District was broken today when the number rose to 16 from Tuesdays 14 Late last week - the worst week of the current fire season according to the forest services weekly report there were 35 fires burning in the district THREE TRACTORS -The low wan hit Tuesday when there were only 14 burning But during the day only one of the existing fires had died and few areas At Prince George it i week and 321 during the season is moderate the weekly report from Victoria During the week ending last said Thursday there were 49 fires reported in tho Prince George Forest District Total to that date in the fire season was 62 Almost 11000 of tho 26130 spent fighting fires throughout B C during the season had been spent in this forest district Kamloops was next with 9630 and Vancouver third with 3000 Throughout the province there hid been 193 fircii during the 194 FIRES During the corresponding period of 1962 there had been 196 fires in the province includ including � ing 41 in the Prince George Forest District during the fire season Costs throughout the province had been 4550 including 1600 at Prince George 2100 at Kamloops and 250 at Vancou Vancouver � ver to date in the season HEADHUNTERS GET THREE TROPHIES MANILA The Philippines Reuters Ilcadhuntcrs be- headed two girls and a oun man picnicking in the moun mountains � tains police reported today Four others escaped by hiding J in thick bushes The headhuntcrs belong toi a tribe requiring voung men to obtain heads of Christians before courting tribal maidens During the last1 month they have killed 15 Christians BY HYDRO Peace job investigated VANCOUVE R CP Aw a rd ing of the first major subcon subcontract � tract for the Peace River dam to an Alberta company rather than a BC firm will be looked into Dr Gordon Shrum a co chairman of the BC Hydro and Power Authority said Tues Tuesday � day 1 The consortium of Kiewit-Dawson-Johnson which will build the 73000000 dam for the authority has awarded Alberta Trailers Company 1961 of Cal Calgary � gary the contract to build a trailer camp and cater for 1000 construction workers at the damsite Tendering specifications forN the giant dam contract were that BC contractors were to get preference in sub contracts Graham Dawson head of Dawson Construction and one of the partners in the main contract said he could sec no violation of any agreement to give preferential treatment to BC companies He said BC pl wood and aluminum will un undoubtedly � doubtedly be used in the manu manufacture � facture of the trailer camps by the Alberta firm WeatherU roundup in MEET CHARLIE BROWN I PRAIRIE WEATHER Winnipeg 52 trace precipf- tation overnight Saskatoon 41 SE wind 5 showers Edmonton 49 clear wind NE 14 and all the other zany characters in the top notch comic strip Peanuts starting Monday in Tho Citizen t