WTH PNR DEAD How will Bennett save face Premier Bennetts So Social � cial Credit government has cancelled out the Pa Pacific � cific Northern Railway It wrote finis to the Wcnner Gren hoax last Friday when it rescinded the PNHs special bor borrowing � rowing powers its pro proposed � posed right-of-way and its authority tc use crown land The question is Whats next If the Socrcds follow the pattern they have set in re recent � cent vears the best guess is that the people of BC will build this railway whether they want to or not In the wind A look at recent BC gov government � ernment history Indicates that something else is in the wind Otherwise there was no rea reason � son to write off the PNR of officially � ficially at this time The proposed 700 mile rail way between Prince George and the Yukon was one of Mr Bennetts favorite dreams He and fellow Social Creditors used the PNR promise to help win the 1960 election He pledged the day its so called construction was begun that it would never stop until it reached the Yukon Its write off is a tremendous loss of face which the Socrcds already having suffered heavy prestige losses in the south and facing others simply can cannot � not afford Need alternative They need an alternative and they need it badly The only obvious alternative is for the provincial government to tackle the railway job or part of it This seems to be a safe guess in view of what hap happened � pened to another Wcnner Gren hoax development of hydro hydroelectric � electric power on the Peace River a project on whih MF Bennctt and his colleagues leaned heavily for political acceptance The Peace may or may not be economically feasible if its prime market is the Greater Vancouver area Without that populated and heavily indus industrialized � trialized market the Peace could not be built Every en engineer � gineer and economist knows it So did the Socrcds No jurisdiction The huge Greater Vancou Vancouver � ver power market was con controlled � trolled by the BC Electric Co a privately owned utility over which the government had no jurisdiction in respect to where it bought power And the BCE refused to sign up to buy Peace River power because it would bo too expensive and would force up electricity rates To save face for himself and his political party the premier had to take action or see his northern dream go flat So his government took over the BCE and its right to bar bargain � gain for power then became the governments right Mr Bennett then also took over the rights and plans for nearly 10 million of the pub publics � lics money and without the publics permission of the Peace River Power Develop Development � ment Co and announced that the government owned BC lljio would build the Peace project and transmit its power pioduction to Vancouver Kudos were slow His problem solved the premier sat back to await kudos They were slow in coming His method of seizing the BCE at his own price was criticized throughout the fin financial � ancial world Investors who might have put money into BC held back fearful that it would be subject to seizure at the governments whim Mr Bennetts refusal to let the people of B C vote on the takeover antagonized the peo people � ple in the south They might have supported the plan But they were not asked Then Mr Bennetts Social Credit party lost the crucial Point Grey b election by a landslide to Liberal Pat Mc Geer In view of the money and big wheel type of cam campaign � paign the Socrcds expended to win Point Grey its loss was a shocker to the party hier hierarchy � archy Public opinion polls since then have shown the Socreds to be losing support in many directions Clearly something Continuod en Paga - Phon LOgon 4 2441 Vol 7 No 106 Tu fc--kiviVwW-3-vRv xvr-4- WITH A GOLD RUSH THEME BEING FOLLOWED at the 27th annual Jaycee convention being held here can can girls were a must Providing part of the entertainment for the several hundreds delegates at- IN FIELD OF SIX Vancouver man picked as top Jaycee speaker Brian Johnston of Vancouver took top honors Thurs Thursday � day night in the BC arid Yukon Junior Chamber of Commerce effective speaking contest at the convention CLEAR m Mostly sunny Saturday Little change in temperature Light winds Low tonight and high Saturday at Prince George 40 and 65 Quesnel 40 and 70 Smithers 40 and 62 Sunday outlook Generally air with possible widely-scattered showers A little cooler than Saturday Low tonight and high Satur Saturday � day in the Peace River area 40 and 65 Low tonight and high Satur Saturday � day at Vancouver 47 and 67 Victoria 40 and 65 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George 60 41 08 Terrace 60 45 03 Smithers 60 41 Quesnel 65 44 05 Williams Lake 63 43 09 Kamloops 81 61 Whitehorsc 57 40 Fort Nelson 60 38 04 Fort St John 63 49 trace Dawson Creek 66 45 George put its new lager beer High Life quietly on the Van Vancouver � couver market Wednesday It was the first time in four ears the Lower Mainlanders have seen the High Life label but obviously they havent forgotten Us one time popularity when it IN THE CITIZEN Book past 14 Church notictt 14 Classified 10 11 Comic 12 Coming evtnts I Editorial pago t District naw 2 Hero and thtre I Markt J Sport 4 S Tv - 16 here Representing the Lower Main Mainland � land district he won out over the best speakers from five finals in Winnipeg June 8 the winner of which will contest the Eastern Canada champion in Halifax in July His topic was the third Jay Jaycee � cee creed That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise The talks were not less than 10 minutes and no longer than 12 minutes Judges were Bill Jones city works superintend superintendent � ent Peter Coleman English de department � partment head of Prince George Senior Secondary School and Bcrnie Stevens Jaycce3 nation national � al president Other contestants were Har Harold � old See of Dawson Creek Cen Central � tral BC and Yukon District Nat Zasso of Kitimat North Coast Skecna District John Dailey Kootenay District Dave Gamble Okanagan Mainline District and Joe Kampman Vancouver Island District The 27th annual convention continues in the Hotel Simon Fraser and the Civic Centre to day and Saturday with business sessions and social events both days The Bonanza Ball will be at 930 tonight in the Civic Centre Elections to the provincial executive will be held Saturday afternoon Now hear this A United Press UPI news story which is reprinted on page nine of this newspaper says Chicago promoter Robert H Van Schoick wouldnt pin pinpoint � point where he plans to build his empire But The Citiicn did so some months ago Its south of Chctwynd in the Sukunka River Valley says Citizen reporter Jack Jamion whq wrote the original story and dug out the location by dint of some careful sleuthing Tartan Brewing Co of Prince was a product of the former Princeton brewery Without one word of publicity or promotion it just appeared on the shelves of a few liquor stores Wednes day and on that first day 1000 cases were sold Northern Interior Lumbermens Associa Association � tion past president Garry Wil mot savs delegates at last weeks NILA convention did not hang a local motel operator over the second storey railing of his establishment as was re reported � ported in a news story Gerry says he has proof it was a dele gate to the Kinsman convention a couple of davs earlier whq was responsible Lumbermen dont do silly things like that he said Waste not want not must be the motive of Vic toria Javcee delegate Eric Charman An unsuccessful Tory candidate in the April 8 federal election Eric is using parts of his old campaign posters in his bid for election to an executive post in the provincial Jaycees organization at the convention here New Molsons rep in this aiea is Larry Kaplan He hails from Vancouver and will move his wife and family here from the Great Rain Forest after the July 1 weekend e VICTORIA CP Cadboro saurus the camera shy sea serpent claimed to have been photographed W c d n esday turned out Thursday to be man made Caddy as the monster is affectionately known on the West Coast was made up of half a dozen rubber tires nailed upright with inner tube rubber a tire covered vvooden neck and head and inner tube supported outrigger Floated in the sea it looked exactly like everybodys idea of a sea serpent Miss Nettie Ross of Bran Brandon � don Man claimed she had taken a picture of a lifetime Caddy swimming lazily at this resort north of Victoria I am sure it was the Cad dy we have read about said Miss Ross visiting relatives Mr and Mrs T H Brown Vancouver Island druggists drug salesmen and physicians held an annual fishing derby Thursday at the resort and Wednesday night the derby committee was seen watching and laughing as the tire-and-wood Caddy was towed past the area The serpent was found in a boathouse The fishing derby commit committee � tee built it and planned to put on a show this evening A trial run was taken by some as a legitimate sight ing When we discovered it was a hoax we decided to car carry � ry it on I covered up for them all the way Miss Ross really believed Tenders have been called for construction of the south por portion � tion of the city bypass from the new Fraser River Bridge to the Cariboo Highway The 643 mile section will link the bridge with the highway at a point about Zii miles south of -the airport gate e Former local lawyer admits to begging A former Prince George lawyer pleaded guilty in Victoria police couit Thursday to a charge of begging Gordon Rhodes who practiced here and in Qucsnel about 10 years ago said he had been suffer suffering � ing from arthritis of the spine had not been able to E T I wrk fr more than a year andjieeded assistance to u other districts He -Wjj htralcjhoUsm J J w m pate in the Western Canada Magistrate Bernard Isman sentenced Rhodes to a day in jail and ordered him to post a 500 bond to keep the peace for a year Sea serpent turns out to be man made wonder it was something She was persuaded not to say any anything � thing The monster was able to go up and down in the water and disappear because a skindiver manipulated the thing District forest tire total jumps from 16 to 19 Number of forest fires burn burning � ing in the Prince George Forest District has jumped from Thurs days 16 to 19 today after a lull of almost a week Hazard is low to moderate throughout the district but for forest � est service spokesmen urged fishermen and campers to be careful with fire in the woods during the weekend Three of the fires burning to- day are new Twenty six men one crawler tractor and no air aircraft � craft are working on the blazes Itlzen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY MAY 31 1963 Is r - rW m ar t wU r l 4bbW f L I if U j W -J VBwH JHBP VaaaaaC Jfr ft wBBaW v 4 iTf Vf fTK jfifeis t3y F iifflWBBiH isas jv vza we- hs Lsks jit tmjz jmi istmim zaMangm U iiUMZlKKJi i iiVif tfaiAi iwnti tfMtiriSh inHMWtofe HI tending from across the province is this bevy of beauties Mrs Bev Mandlcman Mrs Grace Bleiler Mrs Marilyn Shelest and Mrs Anne Sackctt Roy Fujikawa photo COMMITTEE FORMS A committee of young people and Cottonwood Island Improvement Dis District � trict trustees has been struck to press for con construction � struction of a pedestrian overpass over the CNR yards The move follows an accident in the yards Wednesday when 14 v car old Penny Fidk had part of her foot crushed under a wheel of a boxcar while she was walking to school CNR officials said the girl was apparently crawling under a coupling taking a shortcut across the vards from her Cot Cottonwood � tonwood Island home to the city GIRL SATISFACTORY The 102 car extra westbound freight apparently started be before � fore she could get out from un under � der and part of her left foot was crushed between the wheel and the rail She was rushed to hospital by ambulance and emergency sur surgery � gery was performed Today hospital officials said she was in satisfactory condition The same day four friends who witnessed the accident set up a fund for the injured girl and started a petition calling for a pedestrian overpass over the yards Thursday right a public meeting attended by about 45 young people and adults was held at the Island Cache School to discuss action that might be NO ACCESS Among suggestions were that Cottonwood Island children be kept out of school for a few days or the remainder ot the vcar as a protest against unsafe condi conditions � tions There is no legal access to the CUD several persons at attending � tending the meeting said and it is necessary to trespass on CNR land even in using the Ottawa Street crossing One suggested that use of the Ottawa Street crossing by the children would still not prevent them from crawling bctvscen boxcars as trains sometimes stop across the level crossing However the strike was fin finally � ally ruled out because it is il illegal � legal it could not be maintain maintained � ed for the minimum of several months before an overpass could be built and it would mean missing final exams ADULT HELP The meeting finally decided to carry on what had been started by the young people through a committee composed of district trustees and the stu students � dents Today Trustee Irvin Wiley chairman of the CUD said he would call a meeting when the voung people had completed their petition and adult help might be needed Another public meeting was scheduled for Monday at 8 pm at the school when the students will report further to they hope a better crowd of resi residents � dents SHATTERED ACCIDENT VICTIM SAYS The tenders will be opened June 13 There has been no official an announcement � nouncement from the highway department in Victoria of when const uction will likely start However the usual practice when tenders are called at this time of year is to proceed short shortly � ly after the contract is award awarded � ed half finished shack he calls home in neighboring Richmond to be greeted by three men on his doorstep They are outside my door right now trying to get me to invest money in their schemes he said in an interview They called themselves my friends and they couldnt wait to get at me he added bitterly Rorneman suffered paralysis of the right side a punctured lung a blinded left eve three breaks in his skull and broken arms legs and other bones in a traffic accident near Seattle three ears ago He was on his way home from a Boilermakers job in Kimber ley with Walter Nielsen 57 of Burnaby Nielsen driver of the car pulled to the side of the road because of a blowout The car was hit by a Safeway Stores Inc truck and Borneman suc successfully � cessfully sued the company A 26000 buit by NeUsen was thrown out itti -t - K Xv e a Copy -tepto wTuAHnitt Group to press overpass issue Reds have lost space craft Von Braun says NEW ORLEANS AP Dr Werner Von Uraun says there is definite proof that Russia has lost some of its unmanned space vehicles But he said he had no knowledge of alleged fatalities of Soviet astronauts nor he said did lie know the source of the reports GIVEN LAST SACRAMENT Pontiff failing rapidly said on deaths edge VATICAN CITY AP Pope John was on the threshhold of death today The 8l-car-od spiritual ruler of the worlds 500000000 Roman Catholics was reported failing rapidly He was given extreme unc unction � tion the last sacrament of the church for those in danger of dying It was a dramatic turn An authoritative source quot quoted � ed one of the Popes doctors as saying the Pope might live as long as a few days iri his present condition The Vatican radio said The Pope is grave very grave The new crisis Is gravissima mostfe grave V J An Unconfirmed report said he had been placed In an oxy oxygen � gen tent This morning the Pope was reported by the Vatican as con tinuing to rally from a crisis Tuesday The press office said he spent a tranquil night Suddenly came the crisis that his doctors had feared a crisis at a time when he was still weak from the last one There was little hope he could survive this one To all members of the Vati- Continued on Page 3 Rising cyclone death toll now put at 5000 RAWALPINDI Pakistan Reuters Estimates of the death toll in the cyclone torn Chittagong area of East Pakis Pakistan � tan rose as high as 5000 today Army rescue teams launched mass innoculation programs among hundreds of thousands of homeless peasants Chittagong and its population of nearly 500000 were without water and power three days after the area was devastated by 150-mile-an-hour winds and floods The Associated Press said un unofficial � official estimates placed dead at at -least 5000 on the 80 mile stretch of the Bay of Ben Bengal � gal coastline swept by the storm 250000 not enough balm VANCOUVER CP Wil William � liam G Borneman 33 is 250 000 richer but bitterness drips from every word he speaks The half paralyzed and half blind traffic victim was award awarded � ed the money the largest damage award in the US Pac Pacific � ific Northwest history by a Superior Court jury in Seattle Thursday he returned to the Tenders for second bypass section called 1 Borneman who lives in a wheelchair finds no happiness in the prospect of having more money than many men earn in a lifetime What can I do with it Im paralyzed I cant walk I cant drive Did I have hardship ou ask You try to live on welfare I had to move from my own jiome with my wife and my child Helga 3 to a shack half finished What will I do with the money That is none of jour business Go into business Im paralyzed I cant write my own name Nor the money does not make up for it Nothing could make up for me How can I blame anybody I blame myself for driving I should have taken a plane Lawyers for Safeway Stores said in Seattle Thursday they will appeal the award 50 FOOT WAVES KILL 2 SEAMEN PERTH Australia Reuters Waves more than 50 feet high smashed into the British freighter Clan MacDonald off western Australia Thursday killing two seamen and in injuring � juring five others Student stabs teacher in back with compass CLOVERDALE CP Seven school children fainted in a West Whalley high school Thurs Thursday � day when a student stabbed a 32- car old teacher in the back with a compass SI a nf red Pohn is in satisfac satisfactory � tory condition in hospital His injuries are not serious RCMP are holding a junior secondary school student in connection with the stabbing Inhalator trucks were called to revive the students who faint fainted � ed among the class of 36 Witnesses said Pohn was walking toward the classroom door when attacked by the 17- car old student The teacher turned to face his attacker then collapsed and fell on the floor TRAIN KILLS JUMPER LIBERTY MO AP A parachute jumper was killed Thursday when he hit a moving freight train He was Karl Dean Frandsen 26 of Raytown Mo Sgt Douglas Scnekcr of the sheriffs patrol said ho saw Frandsen get caught by a stiff wind and then land on top of a boxcar MEET SNOOPY aff Snoopy is a dog who wants fo bo a human being or a ferocious lionr or an allh gator or a snake But most of his imitations come a cropper giving hearty chuckles to fans ot PEANUTS comic strip sen sation starting Monday in THE CITIZEN