jHPjM- j VfSR r twwpsjp11 y pKjpP- gpBggfyfly KSS 1 on S Jlft - slf II R s Zp Aw BOUNCING TO NEW HEIGHTS TO THE DELIGHT OF HS YOUNG ONLOOK- ers is municipal swimming pool lifeguard Dick Zarek He demonstrates how to use the four newly installed trampolines Open the same hours as the pool from 1 to 9 pm daily the trampolines arc under supervision Most customers so far have been youngsters Roy Fujikawa photo ANIMAL WAS STARVING Attack by cougar confirmed A game department official today confirmed it was a cougar that attacked six-year-old Ro Robert � bert Moore near his North Ne chako home Saturday Space record chalked up by Russian By The Canadian Press Lt Col Valery Bvkovsky broke all records today for dis distance � tance and orbits around the world in space But the Russian cosmonauts ship was losing altitude and speed at a disturbing rate His female space partner Valcntina Tcreshkova whipped into her third day in orbit ap- narcntLv still maintaining her altitude and speed and feeling fine However Reuters news ag agency � ency reported that a radio mes- sace recorded by the BBC in London and apparently sent by Miss Tcreshkova said I am ready to record data on manual descent There was no imriediate clar ification of the message At 3 pm Moscow time By kovsky had entered his fifth day in space and surpassed by two orbits the M orbit rccoia of Maj Andrian Nikola cv in a flight of just under four days last August The boy was hospitalized with bites and scratches and Sun Sunday � day a predator hunter shot a 50 pound cougar kitten about five miles from the attack scene Theres no doubt the cougar we got Sunday was the animal which attacked the boy Game Inspector Walter Gill told The Citizen today However Insp Gill said that at the time it was shot the game department was unaware of the attack on the boy He first learned of the incident through a Citizen reporter Mon day He urged that anyone seeing a cougar report it immediately to the game department The cougar about a year old was starving said Insp GUI and had probably lost its moth cr Kittens usually stay with their mothers until Uicy are two years old They usually feed on deer rabbits porcupine and birds but depend on the mother to make the kill until they reach maturity A small dog the animal had killed earlier was still with the cougar when it was shot The cougar leaped at Robert while he was walking toward his home about 10 miles north west of the Nechako Bridge His brother Michael 8 and sister Diana 7 who had been fishing with him were about 40 feet away Cariboo centre hospital awaits drop In Interest 100 MILE HOUSE CB The 100 Mile House hospital district is waiting until interest rates are lowered before proceeding with a 30 betl hospital Alex McMillan board chairman said we have the power to borrow but I dont feel the people want us to borrow at Gj and seven per cent Now hear this For just 35 cents you too can spend 150 getting the informa tion ou wanted in Hie first place Railwayman Bob Lano foul sent his 35 cents and a self addressed envelope to ZSCO at BotheU Wash when a CitUen IN THE CITIZEN Classified 8 Comics Coining events -- Editorial paoo District news 2 Here and there 5 Sports classified ad offered job news of the Peace River dam pioject He got a little bulletin fiom Alaska Pacific Infoimation at Bcllevue Wash listing projects here there and tother place and offering special bulletins on them It said Special Bulletin PRUC on the Portage Mountain dam job cost 150 from Alaska Pacific Chief of ticket sales Maurice George reminds Hotarians that ducats for their installation ban banquet � quet and dance scheduled for Friday evening at the Hotel Simon Fraser are available and should be picked up soonest Tu 2 Call him at Spee Dee Printers i i in n kUVal TJ a When the cougar jumped on the boy his brother went after it with a shovel and the cat limped off into the brush The parents Mr and Mrs Robert C Moore drove him to hos pital The lad is expected to remain in hospital for another two days He is a Grade 1 pupil at North Nechako School 41 SHOWERS This area will experience cloudy skies with some sunny periods Wednesday There will be afternoon showers Winds will be light except northwest northwesterly � erly 15 in showers Low to tonight � night and high Wednesday at Prince George and Smithcrs 45 and 65 Qucsnel 50 and 70 Low tonight and high Wednes Wednesday � day at Grande Prairie 45 and 70 Low tonight and high Wed Wednesday � nesday at Vancouver and Vic Victoria � toria 55 and G5 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George Terrace Smithers Quesncl Williams Lake Kamloops Whitchorse Fort Nelson Fort St John Dawson Cieck 73 46 74 53 70 A7 76 46 79 93 63 71 73 75 Cfc Phon LOgan 4 2441 Vol 7 No 118 BUDGET Commons explodes OTTAWA CD Opposition members obviously eager to give Finance Minister Gordon a rough ride over the budget speech ghost writers touched off a fierce skirmish on the is sue in the Commons Monday It was a preliminary to the next round due Wednesday when the Commons begins a six day debate on the budget Mondays fray was touched off when Opposition Leader Dicfenbakcr sought an emer emergency � gency debate on what he called a flagrant departure from constitutional practice IMPROPER USE The issue Mr Gordons ad admission � mission last Friday that two Toronto investment dealers and a chartered accountant had been engaged by his department to help prepare his budget speech and that the two invest investment � ment dealers had remained on the payroll of their bond hous es No one has alleged that the three made improper use of their advance knowledge of the budgets contents and Mr Gor Gordon � don has said they took the oath of secrecy But Mr Dicfenbaker said the ministers use of the three as sistants imperilled traditional budget secrecy and had an un unsettling � settling effect on the country and the House of Commons The bid by the former Con Conservative � servative prime minister back backed � ed by the New Democratic party for an emergency debate didnt succeed RULED OUT His request was ruled out of order by Speaker Alan Mac Naughton When NDP Leader T C Douglas appealed the rul ruling � ing it was sustained on a vote of 97 to 69 with Liberals and Social Credit members oting together in the majority However the subject is sure to crop up Wednesday with the opening of the budget debate In ruling out Mr Dicfcnbak crs request for an emergency debate Speaker MacNaughton accepted the argument of State Secretary Pickcrsgill that the affair could be discussed in the budget debate starting Wednes Wednesday � day SHACK BLAZE INVESTIGATED RCMP today arc investigat investigating � ing the cause of a fire Mon Monday � day night which destroyed a storage shack on the farm of N Patterson two miles north northeast � east of Red Rock Also dcstroed in the blaze were several outboard motors and tires e F NO EXEMPTION Olav Naas assistant to the project manager for contractors Kicw it Dawson Johnson said the 11-pcr-ccnt tax would apply to 7500000 worth of equipment being installed to handle ma materials � terials for the dam A spokesman for the Kicwit Dawscn Johnson contracting group builders of the 73500000 Peace River Dam said the group is still keeping its fingers crossed Our information is that this exemption for existing contracts is good only for a year and were working on a five year contract He said the groups auditors and lawyers are still working on the possible application and effects of the new tax The BC Hydro and Power Authority is applying to Ottawa for tax relief Finance Minister Gordon said in his budget speech that there would be relief for contractors working on fixed price con contracts � tracts but there lias been no explanation as to how the relief would be given OTTAWA CD The 11-per-ccnt sales tax wont apply on build building � ing contracts signed before bud budget � get day last Thursday Finance Minister Gordon said Monday night Replying to New Democratic Leader T C Douglas in the Commons he reiterated the statement contained in his budget speech that fixed price contracts wont be affected by removal of the exemption for building materials from the 11-pcr-cent tax e Peace cost will hi go up 82500 it VANCOUVER CP The Portage Mountain clam on the Peace Hivcr will cost an extra 825000 unless the federal government exempts the project from the new sales tax on building materials and equipment C MANNINNG nears record IN ALBERTA Socreds returned EDMONTON IT Albertas Social Credit government swept aside almost all opposition for the second time in a row when it scored a landslide victory in Mondays general election The party wnich has admin administered � istered the affairs of the prov ince for the last 23 years won its eighth five year mandate with the same over all margin it had in the last general elec election � tion of 1959 a majority of 57 members All three opposition leaders fighting their first campaign were defeated by Social Credit Continued on Page 3 Mac achieves grudging assurance of confidence LONDON CP Prime Mm istcr Macmillan won a grudg grudging � ing vote of confidence Monday night after a slashing opposi opposition � tion attack on his handling of the Profumo Keelcr sex and se security � curity scandal and defections in his own Conservative party By 321 to 252 the 69- car old Macmillan was given a man mandate � date in the House of Commons to carry on as chief of govern government � ment But he is expected to step down soon possibly this sum summer � mer and let a joungcr man try to clean up the Conserva Conservative � tive partys badly smudged im image � age The Conservatives normally have a 97 seat edge over the combined opposition in the House but Macmillans victory margin was only 69 The closeness of the vole re reflected � flected growing discontent among Conservatives with Mac Macmillans � millans leadership One Con Conservative � servative suggested in the de debate � bate that Macmillan step aside soon Twenty eight Conservatives abstained from voting as an expression of their displeasure with Alacniillans stewardship Reuters news agency said the outcome was a heavy moral de FfLS BETTER IN MORNING BUT REST OF DAY AWFUL feat for Macmillan since be before � fore the opposition began its massive onslaught on him in Mondays vote on the Profumo scandal government sources forecast that no more than 15 Conservative members would fail to support him Reuters said political observ observers � ers predicted before Uic debcic that if more than 20 Conserva Conservatives � tives abstained Macmil Macmillan � lan might be forced to recon reconsider � sider his reported decision not to resign at least until the Pro Profumo � fumo scandal died down As the prime minister left the House of Commons after the vote Uicrc were cries of re resign � sign from opposition Labor party m embers and cheers from the Conservatives itizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY JUNE 18 1963 c a Copy i carrier Suspension bridge job called for Peace site VANCOUVER CP Tenders were called Monday for a 680 foot concrete suspension bridge to span the Peace River four miles upstream from Hudbon Hope LJids for the project arc due July 10 and con construction � struction is expected to start soon after The bridge with a 28 foot road deck should be complete by late 1934 It will be part of a new cutoff road between Chctwynd and Hudson Hope LOCAL PROTESTS SUSPENSION Union members demand chairman be returned All 56 members of the Order of Railroad Telegraph Telegraphers � ers Smithers district have signed a petition calling for reinstatement of A A Nunwciler of Prince George as district chairman Mr Nunweilcr was suspended as a union officer he is still a member of the ORT and a CNR cmploec last month by G E Leighty of St Louis Mo president of the interna international � tional CLC affiliate The suspension followed charges and countercharges be between � tween Mr Nunwciler and the Canadian leaders of the union over the security of railway telegraphers in a day of auto automated � mated communications Mr Nunwciler said in an in interview � terview today after he receiv received � ed a copy of the petition and associated correspondence that the document had been sent to Mr Leighty and Labor Min Minister � ister Alan MacEachen JOB SECURITY Organized by an action com committee � mittee of Smithers district Northern BC CNR line OUT members looking into job se security � curity and union efforts to safe safeguard � guard it the petition said mem membership � bership Extends a vote of confidence to our district chairman Bro Brother � ther A A Nunwciler our duly elected representative for the excellent work he has perform performed � ed on behalf of Smithcrs dis trict employees Protests his suspension from the office of district chairman to which he had been elected by district members in the Canadian democratic tradition and Expresses the members re fusal to entrust their affairs to anyone not elected by them themselves � selves and their desire to con duct district business through Mr Nunweilcr once more NEW JOBS The controversy cen trod around Mr Nunweilcr is rooted in the modernization of CNR operations whicli has continued after the major reorganization of 1960 Such streamlining moves as the elimination of small agen cies and the use of integrated data processing has threatened the security of telegraphers anJ Continued on Page 6 160 ACRE FIRE AT VANDERHOOF Thirty five men and three crawler tractors arc fighting a ICO acrc forest fire in the Vanderlioof area largest of eight fires burning in the Prince George Forest District today However forest service spokesmen said the blaze was under control and all others were cither under control or observation Hazard in the district is modcratc-to-high Promofer fined on two counts under Game Act Robert II Van Schoick form former � er Chicago florist promoting a large scale land deal near diet- vvjnd has been fined 150 for two violations of the Game Act Van Schoick was convicted of killing a moose out of season and of hunting without a regis registered � tered BC guide while he was a non resident Appearing in Chctwynd court Van Schoick pleaded not guilty to the first charge for which he was fined 100 and guilty to the second for which he was fined 50 Van Schoick acting as agent for 38 persons has filed notice of intention to apply to lease about 22700 acres 35 square miles in the Sukunka River area Purpose for the lease given to the Poucc Coupe land office when notice of intention was filed was dude ranching and mixed farming Most prospective lessees whose occupations range from housewives to mechanics were taking full sections although some signed up for half sections Most participants in the scheme arc also residents of the US Canadians pick daily newspaper as top media in two detailed surveys TORONTO cn Advertisers and ad agency executives were told Monday that most Cana Canadians � dians in a sample study said the daily newspaper is best among the mass communica communications � tions media f In providing inform Minister in agony while kicking habit OTTAWA ffl Judy La Marsh says now that shes given up cigaret smoking she feels better when she wakes up Rut the jest of the day is awful the federal health minister said after announc iug Monday that she will call a national conference on the hazards of lung cancer and other diseases from smoking Miss La Marsh gave up the weed Saturday night to be able to advocate abscntion with a clear conscience She had been feeding a 20 car old habit at the rate of three packages a day I thought it would be agony all the time But its only when you reach for a cigaret you have to say not JUDY I MARSH thra pck a day that one and do that from cig cigaret � aret to cigaret Ho we vej she says she hasnt been getting any sym patliy from her Commons col leagues Theyve been sending me packages of cigarcts or en envelopes � velopes with a cigaict inside When I leave the chamber they offer me a place to hido in their offices or remark that Im sneaking out for a smoke How had Prime Minister Pearson received her action He told me it was the best thing I could do He gave them up five jcars ago Were other cabinet me in bers going to follow suit Well the veterans affairs minister Roger Teillet told me before I quit that if I could he would and hes hor horrified � rified to find I have She said its possible federal health authorities will be tak taking � ing a look at radio and tele television � vision commercials for cig cigarcts � arcts much the same strict way they do ads for drugs and medicines Saturday n i g h t I was watching some American commercials mi cigarcts and I was amazed at the aura of ro romance � mance that has come to be associated with btnoking the said A womans supposed to be more attractive through a veil of smoke Or a man more virile None of vou look as though you were going to wrestle auy bears just because you smokt ciZdrtts a tion in depth both in news and advertising Reports on two studies on the habits altitudes and motives of Canadians in using newspapers radio tv and magazines were announced by the Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association which sponsored two detailed surveys last vcar One was made by Canadian Facts Ltd the other by the In Institute � stitute for Motivational Re Research � search Incorporated of Croton-on-Hudson NY both in con consultation � sultation with the Canadian Ad Advertising � vertising Research Foundation Irving Gilman vice president of JMIl said at a CDNPA luncheon for HO advertiser and agency representatives that his companys study of the lole of the media in the home indicates that the four do not compete directly AH play complement complementary � ary and supplementary roles he said Choosing among newspapers radio tv and magazines 55 per cent of those questioned said newspapcis aie best for inform information � ation and in helping the individ individual � ual assess the significance of events And he said people depend on newspapers and magazines to a far greater extent than on television and radio for detailed advertising information A booklet based on the IMR survey said that in teply to a question as to which medium was likely to make more e travagant claims in advertis advertising � ing 50 per cent said television 20 per cent said magazines 13 per cent said newspapers and 11 per cent said radio It said 83 per cent stated newspapers are the best source of information when good value is sought Seventy per cent said newspapers seem to advertise a pioduct just when Im most interested in buying Scventy ono per cent of tho Continued on Page 3 CAR HITS DITCH 2 MEN INJURED Two unidentified men were treated for minor lacerations after a car in which they were passengers went into a ditch on Rose in South Fort George at 1250 am today Joseph Lelllanc 770 Irwin the driver was not injured police said RCMP are investigating cause of the mishap