MAXIMUM 175 MONTHLY Govt gives House peek at pensions OTTAWA CP The government gave Parliament a look at Its widely heralded contributory pension plan Thursday then withdrew it from view for at least a week and possibly until after the summer recess I However enough was said CCWATC DitlCC during a one day Commons de- Wood must be marked WASHINGTON 1 The Senate voted Thursday in the face of Kennedy administration opposition to require that Ca Canadian � nadian lumber imported into the US be marked to show its origin The requirement was cm bodied in an amendment spon sponsored � sored by Senator Warren G Magnuson Dem Wash to a House of Representatives bill requiring that when Imported articles arc repackaged in this country the new packages must be marked to show the country of origin Maenusons amendment was adopted on a standing vote Senators from the Pacific North Northwest � west long have complained about Canadian lumber imports and have demanded action to stop them State and commerce depart department � ment officials told the finance commitce during hearings on the legislation that such an amendment would violate a long standing trade agreement between the United States and Canada The pointed out that Canada buys U S lumber and requires no marking The state department sub submitted � mitted to the committee an aide memoric from the Cana Canadian � dian embassy declaring that exports of lumber are a ma major � jor factor of Canadas tradition of trade with the US and the Canadian authorities would con consider � sider such marketing require requirements � ments as having serious re restrictive � strictive implications for this trade The bill now goes back to the House for consideration of the lumber amendment Man charged as car clobbers post A Prince George man has been charged with impaired driving after his car ran into a telephone pole Thursday night on the Hart Highway seven miles north of the city Police said Kenneth Henry Kay was alone in the car when the mishap occurred Damage to the car was estimated at 100 IN THE CITIZEN Book page 13 Building page 11 Church notices 16 Classified 14 15 Comics 12 Coming events 2 Editorial page 9 District news 2 Here and there 5 Markets 3 Sports - -- 4 bate to indicate that the plan calculated to boost pensions to a maximum of 175 a month after to vcars will be one of the most hclly controversial pieces of legislation dealt with in recent session Health and Welfare Minister Judy LaMarsh introducing a resolution to pave the way for the legislation predicted that pensions will be raised to 75 a month from 65 early next vear They arc payable to all Canadians at age 70 Miss LaMarshs prediction brought cries of derision from members of the opposition who contended that the Liberals had promised during the election campaign to implement the in crease earlier than that Opposition Leader Dicfen- bakcr said old people have been callously deceived by Liberal election promises SPEED URGED Pensioners have been assum ing that their cheques would be boosted to 75 almost anv month said Stanley Knowlcs NUP Winnipeg North Centre Weve got to find a way to get the increase through at the earliest possible dale Mr Diefenbakcr put forward an amendment calling for im mediate implementation of the promised increase However Deputy Speaker Lucicn Lamour eux was not convinced that the amendment was in order and he took the question under study promising a ruling at a later date State Secretary Pickersgill promised to try to arrange further debate on the resolution following the conference with provincial premiers July 2G and 27 The conference has been called by Prime Minister Pear Pearson � son to discuss the proposed pension scheme and the gov governments � ernments proposal of a 400 000000 municipal loan fund QUEBEC MP OBJECTS Gerard Girouard freshman Social Credit MP for Labelle said the pension plan should not be foisted on Quebec Que Quebec � bec and any other province wishing to introduce a pension plan of its own should have a clear field and should be com compensated � pensated with larger tax reve revenues � nues The federal plan should apply only to provinces that wish to loin Miss LaMarsh in her state statement � ment said the plan will be operated on a pay-as-you-go basis and should enrol 7000000 Canadians It will be no charge at all upon the general revenue She said the government has no intention of pre empting the field of private annuities The whole field above 1000 annual income was left open to pri private � vate endeavor Employer - employee retire retirement � ment plans now in operation could be kept going over and above the Canada pension plan or adjusted to it FEED SHORTAGE THREATENED Phone LOgan 42441 SURE SIGN oil plant workers issued walk out threats Thursday A strike of all three groups would be costly for the economy which buckled when 40000 workers struck various indus industries � tries in 1959 The Shipping Federation of BC estimated a longshoremen strike alone would cost the economy 2700000 a day tying up imports ranging from cam cameras � eras and cars to exports rang ranging � ing from grain to lumber ship shipments � ments WILL STOP WORK A shipping tie up loomed when representatives of 2400 members of the International Longshoremens and Ware Warehousemens � housemens Union CLC and Drought hits area crops Lower - than - normal rainfall has resulted in drought condi conditions � tions in the Vandcrhoof area District Agriculturist Art Don aid sakl today about 250 farm ers in the region arc facing a Now hear this Back in the PG Forest Dis District � trict after an absence of about five ears is George Doern former boss man of The Pas Lumber Co at The Pas Man and Reserve Sask and later of course at PG Noranda per persuaded � suaded him to come out of re retirement � tirement at Kelowna to run the mill operations at Upper Fra ser and Sinclair replacing John Blackstock who has reportedly entered private business as a consultant Citizen steno Adina Thony is hopping mad because she didnt get away with a little bit of planned larceny jeterday Ad Adina � ina parked her car in a spot on Quebec where a meter had been taken away for repair Ilcr bomb was there all day and when she went to get it shortly before 6 pm hot dang if there wasnt a parking ticket to welcomo her phis an ef efficiently � ficiently operating meter Still on parking it seems meter man Charlie Green thinks ve vehicle � hicle are over parked if the meter shows in the orange grace zone and he awards blue tickets on that basis Some Somebody � body at city hall should tell him the city isnt that broke Didnt take Standard Oil district manager Walt Walmsley long to rush into print with some handy vest pocket - sized Canadian football league sched schedules � ules Walt said they can be ob obtained � tained in The Citixen front of office � fice or at the Seventh and Vic Victoria � toria Chevron station There must be one gal in town who got so busy sidewalk chatting jesterday she left a diaper bag smack in the middle of the pavement outside The Citizen Please come and get it in a hurry lady its full Form Former � er PG Forest Service man Bob McNabb who has been ranger at McLeods Lake for the last ear lias been transferred to Fort Nelson Bob and wife Grace will leave for the north in a few days Geologist Carl Ericksons wife Ann is planning to go into com competition � petition with Taitan brewmaster Gene Zarek out at their Clucul Lake estate and has every everything � thing ready but a brand name Any suggestions TODAYS TOM SWIFTIE- The CitUcn will owqrd two ihow titketi lor the btit 5wiftle eoth day and dm ncr for two couitey Hotel Simon Froer for the bi to July 31 The turkey dressing in my smorgasbord is eest la plus said PG chef Louis stuffily Mrs Kay Jones 2348 Tenth seveie shortage of feed to carry them through next winter In Ottawa Thursday Agricul Agriculture � ture Minister Havs told the Commons that poor crop condi tions m the Prince George area were the subject of recent dis cussions between the provincial and federal governments He had been queried by MI Beit Leboe icgarding this v ears crops Mr Donald told The Citizen the hay crop which received only an inch of rain since April 1 has been poor for the whole area One farmer has already been forced to sell his herd of more than 50 animals he said Drought condition has forced farmers to cut gieen feed im immature � mature grain to make up for tho lack of grass Grain crops have improved as a result of the rain in the last week but the oat ciop is still poor in comparison with other ears said Mr Donald If feed has to be biought into the area it may come from the Bulkley Valley which report reportedly � edly had a good season Mr Donald stated that before farmers can get federal assist assistance � ance the Vandcrhoof area will have to be declared a disaster area He said he did not know of any such request having been made to the federal agriculture department BIBLES BANNED TALLAHASSEE Fla W Florida State Supieine Court has outlawed distribution of Gideon Bibles in public schools saying U is the only decision iwsiible under recent US Supreme Cpuit julings on thurch and state separation Ca the Shipping Federation broke off talks Longshoremen immediately announced stoppage a one day work todav to conduct mernbcrshTp meet ings The shippers branded the move a one day strike Longshoremen announced last month tha would strike within a few das unless agreement was reached but with the aid of federal mediators the two sides resumed their talks These had continued until Thursday If called a strike of long longshoremen � shoremen could tic -up all freight shipping on the coast and pinch pockctbooks from Vancouver Island logging camps to Prairie mineral develop developments � ments Only two issues remained to be settled but neither side ap appeared � peared ready to relent They are jurisdiction a blanket master contract on the water waterfront � front for the union and auto automation � mation At almost the same moment these talks ended 550 members of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union CLC an announced � nounced a strike for Monday at the Vancouver plants of Imperi Imperial � al Shell and Standard Oil com companies � panies LONG STRIKE Spokesman Morris DeFevtcr said the strike will in all probability be a long one He said it could involve other oil refineries in Kamloops and Taylor BC bringing all re refining � fining in BC to a halt The union accepted a con conciliation � ciliation award calling for a 15 cent hourly wage increase over two ears and other bene benefits � fits The companies rejected it Wages for refinery workers range from 187 to 310 an hour No sign of settlement appear appeared � ed in store for the fishing in industry � dustry which was fully tied up e Vol 7 No 140 PRINCE GEORGE e v WHS ti- Zl v V v -v M3 srite Mtmmmsram ir irmssswm OF SUMMER IS THE IMPROVISED LEMONADE STAND from which almost every successful executive received his initial business train training � ing At Vancouver and Eleventh Joe Ma uro was a happy customer of Gail Cooper left and Charlene Dettltng Hal Vandervoort photo THREE MAJOR WALKOUTS POSSIBLE Strike cloud hangs over BC VANCOUVER CP A threat of multi-milhon-dollar strikes hung over BC today I With 10000 fishermen and nlhor fishine industrv workers already idle longshoremen and general Wednesday with a shutdown of all canneries Mam issue in dispute is the price of salmon particularly pinks Most of the strikers be belong � long to the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union Ind Criticism of the strike how however � ever was made by several al allied � lied groups including sonic 1500 members of the Native Brotherhood of B C an associ association � ation of Indian fishermen and by the Pacific Trollers Associa Association � tion a 3000 mcmber organiza organization � tion of salmon trollers Weather i roundups itlzcn The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY JULY 1963 FIRST DAY ON JOB in 51-year-old man died the way to hospital Thursday night after a sawmill accident at the S B Trick mill at Aleza Lake Police today arc withholding his name pending notification of relatives KCMP said he apparently be became � came jammed on the carrier which takes the logs to the saw He died while being flown from Alcza Lake 30 miles north cast of the city The man was just hired as a sawyer Thursday The accident happened at 830 pm An inquest will open tonight with a viewing of the body IICMP are investigating the cause of the mishap Plane Mountie might converge in search area An KCMP atrplane may make contact today with a Mountic who is searching for traces of two missing prospectors 270 miles northwest of here Police said the plane would be flying over the area another mission and will try to establish radio contact with Const Ted Mason Const Mason was flown to BiUklcy House an Indian vil village � lage at the north end of Takla Lake Tuesday to start a pre preliminary � liminary search for Hoyden Godkin 42 and a companion whose name has been withheld They were last seen when they left Bulkley House June 3 1962 on a prospecting trip i S lfc Fitter WH fl SHOWERS Cloudy with showers tonight Low tonight and high Satur and Saturday Cooler Light day at Vancouver and Victoria westerly winds Low tonight and high Saturday at Prince George 50 and 65 Quesnel 50 and 72 Smithcrs 50 and G5 Sunday outlook Cloudy Low tonight and high Satur Saturday � day at Grande Prairie 55 and 70 TORONTO SIMMERS IN RECORD HEAT TORONTO CR A 59- ear old temperature record for July 18 was broken here Thursday when humidity and clear skies brought tempera temperatures � tures as high as 94 degrees Ninety two degrees was the previous July 18 high recorded in 1001 and equalled in 1019 55 and 70 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George Terrace Smithcrs Quesnel Williams Lake Kamloops Whitehorse Foil Nelson Foit St John Dawson Creek 7G G2 G5 SO 75 83 G2 SO 79 81 20 PRAIRIE WEATHER Winnipeg 59 cloudy and calm Saskatoon 57 south wind 4 clear Regina 57 calm sunny Calgary G2 wind NV clear Edmonton 5G clear winds SW 6 AMATEUR STAR GAZERS GO NORTH TO VIEW PHENOMENON 7e c ft a Conv fSTT P Monte vopy yBT cARRtm Millworker killed log conveyor Industry dept bill given final reading OTTAWA CR The Senate gave third and final reading Thursday to a bill to establish a department of industry The bill passed by the Commons previ previously � ously now needs only royal assent to become law Defence Production Minister Drury is scheduled to take on the new portfolio BUSINESS LEADER SAYS Canada doesnt realize Centra BCs growth Many people elsewhere in the country arc ignorant of the development going on in Central BC an Ontario business executive said here Thursday Nigel W Puttock executive vice president and general man manager � ager in Clarkson Ont of West Western � ern Gpsum Products Ltd spent last week visiting dealers between Prince Rupert and Prince George I have been struck by the appalling ignorance in the coun country � try as a whole as to whats going on up here he com commented � mented in an interview I had been led to believe that there were one or two villages here and there and yet we find great activity Mr Puttock said I can understand now why we do so much busi business � ness up here The main products of his company are wallboard and plaster Western Gypsums head office is Winnipeg with gypsum plants in Vancouver Edmonton Winnipeg and Ontario Accompaning Mr Puttock was BC sales manager Jamie McQuhac of Vancouver who es estimated � timated that the firms business in the Prince George area is increasing at 25 per cent a vcar Mr Puttock said apartment and house building is the main market for the companys pro products � ducts and therefore were very interested in the development of the community as a whole 1 would think there is more life and expansion here than any place in Western Canada 15 MISS UNIVERSE FINALISTS PICKED MIAMI BEACH Fla AP Fifteen Miss Universe final finalists � ists were selected Thursday night from an international parade of 50 beauty delegates who appeared in colorful native costumes and stunning swim suits Canadian com competitor � petitor Jane Kmita 24 a nurse from Regina was one Of those eliminated as the contest neared its climax Miss Canadas measurements are 34-24-34 Briefcase boat reported stolen Ken Sands of Vancouver told police his briefcase containing business papers was stolen from his car which was parked in the Prince George Hotel parking lot Thursday night Also reported stolen was a boat from its moorage on Cot Cottonwood � tonwood Island Robert Croft told police the blue plywood boat was chained to a log in the Ncchako River near his River Road home No safe way to watch eclipse society says NEW YORK iT The Na- posed to daylight and then de tional Society for the Prcven- velopcd to maximum density tion of Blindness takes the The society for the prevention position that there is no safe of blindness disagrees sajing way to look directly at the evcrjons may not follow these eclipse of the sun Saturday It urges indirect viewing Other ee specialists say a direct look can be safe but only if the filter protecting our eyes is dense enough All warn against using sun sunglasses � glasses or a piece of smoked glass Welders goggles vary so much they also are not en endorsed � dorsed generally Some astronomers recom- merit looking through three thicknesses of black and while film which has been fully ex- directions well enough For sate viewing sajs the archivc3 of opihalmology fil filters � ters of na less than No 4 dens density � ity or shade No 10 should be used The great danger is that the retina or screen of the cje will be burned by infrared or heat rays from the sun There is no pain but the burn can scar the retina and this may create a black spot in central vision at whatever the eve looks at There is no remedy Saturdays eclipse the first one since 1932 By The Canadian Press For the first time since 1932 Canadians will have a chance Saturday to view an eclipse of the sun The spectacular scientific show will be brief from tho start of the eclipse over Japan at dawn to 541 pm EDT on the Maine coast about three hours later And only in a 60 mile wide strip across Alaska Canada and Maine will the eclipse be total The strip in Canada is mostly unpopulated Some representative points are Fort Providence in the Northwest Territories 600 miles north of Edmonton an J Wivenhoe Man 620 miles north o Win nipeg The echpse is caused by the moon passing between the sun and the earth thus block blocking � ing the solar rays One group of scientists n eluding astronaut Malcolm S Eclipse to last 154 min minutes � utes in Central BC start Ing at 1219 pm Saturday Totality here will be 82 per cent Carpenter plans to trail tho eclipses shadow by jet plane as it races across Canada at 1600 miles an hour From points in North Amer America � ica rockets will be fired to herald the start of the eclipse which will last a maximum 10Q seconds in any one place Radio beams from earth will also be focused on it A group of University of Maine scientists plans to study the behavior of mos mosquitoes � quitoes during the blackout Others will study birds and wildlife Pictures of the cloud cover arc to bo taken front the United States Tiros VI wca ther satellite while radio waves will come under the scrutiny of the Canadian built Aloucttc satellite DAUPHINK Man CP - A train load of amateur star gazers paused here Thursday night eu route to Wivenhoo in noithern Manitoba to view Saturdays eclipse of the sun The 125 to 130 travellers came from all over Canada the US and even Denmark to be directly m the 60-mile-wide paUi of the total eclipse as it passes from west to cast across Canada There is a professional scientific group from the Uni University � versity of Illinois about eight miles away at Willbeach but all of thu group at Wivenhoc arc amateurs Dr Juhn Scatliffe of Win nipeg past president of the Manitoba branch of the Rojal Astronomical Society of Can Canada � ada and medical director of Winnipegs Misericordia Hos pital said the amateurs will see the bright red chromo sphere or outer edge of the sun the many prominences formed by escaping gases ami the seldom observed pearly white corona He said that only during an eclipse when the moon blots out the intensely hot and bright centre of the sun are these phenomena visible He said there are two other phenomena of great interest to astronomers the diamond ring and Baileys beads Baileys beads are pinpoints of light encircling the moon as it starts to slip past the sun They are the sun shin ing past the mountain peaks of the moon he said