wj rs-s- mPl 5r y s FOUR REASONS WHY THE BC LITTLE LEAGUE playoffs have been successful in Prince George can be attributed to the officials who have worked diligently for the event Don McKachnie left stadium manager BCE EARNINGS OVERLOOKED Merv Holder umpire and president of the East Little League Andy Honeyman umpire and president of the West Little League and John Dinsmorc tourna tournament � ment director work on home plate before action starts BCPC cold shoulders offer VANCOUVER XT B C It has been estimated that j ask the court for an order re Power Corporation appears to I lost BCE earnings for the 19 1 turning BCE assets to its par- have given the cold shoulder to an offer by the provincial gov government � ernment to pay a courtsct pnee for the illegally expropriated BC Electric power gas and transportation utility Premier W A C Bennett an announced � nounced Thursday in Kclowna his government would accept a 8102828125 price for the util utility � ity set by Chief Justice Sher Sherwood � wood Lett of the BC Supreme Court when he decided the 1961 expropriation act was illegal The government paid 171000 000 for the BCE which was a subsidiary of BC Power A Bruce Robertson BC Power chairman said a few hours later he was glad to hear the premier would ask the legis legislature � lature to authorize a payment substantially higher than the corporation has received to date But he added Chief Justice Lett didnt take into account the earnings of BCE over the past two cars which the Power Corporation has been deprived of More earthquake victims found BELGRADE Yugoslavia Reuters Rescue teams dug 12 more bodies out of the ruins of the earthquake shattered Skopje area during the night the official Yugoslav news agency Tanjus reported today The skopje Scismological In Institute � stitute has recorded 13 slight tremors since Thursday after afternoon � noon and has registered a total of 220 tremors since last Fri Fridays � days catastrophe The number of dead persons recovered fiom the debris of the city since it was hit now stands at 837 Of these 691 have been identified months ended last March 31 were about 30000000 and about half of this would have gone toward federal income taxes if the company had been in private hands MeanwhUe the government will apply for a stay of pro proceedings � ceedings on the court decision Monday until an appeal goes through and BC Power wUl Bank alters bond policy VANCOUVER CPI The Royal Bank of Canada announced to today � day it is resuming th2 prac practice � tice of redeeming two issues of BC parity bonds in which it restricted its trading practices Wednesday In a statement concerning the handling of a 19G1 issue of BC Electric parity bonds on which 86000000 worth are out outstanding � standing and a recent 50000 000 issue of BC Hydro and Power Authority bonds to be issued shortly the bank said The bank having satisfied itself that regardless of the ul ultimate � timate outcome of litigation there is no practical as dis distinct � tinct from legal problem and that the province of BC will stand behind any securities pur purporting � porting to carry its guarantee the bank today resumed trading and redeeming these parity bonds as before INDEPENDENCE LONDON Lll The British government said Thursday it will grant independence to Malta by May 31 1964 Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary Duncan Sandys made the announcement in the House of Commons Now hear this Yesterdays Citizen canied the city hall report in which Aid Charlie Graham opposed In Including � cluding the banks in the civic holiday council has declared Aug 14 for the opening of the four day Simon Fraier Days and Exhibition lie said banks close Saturdays when other businesses arc open and added he wouldnt vote for them to close Wednesday also To which Hank of Commerce gal Martha Minchin replied today she works Wednesdays when other busi businesses � nesses arc closed and added Its a coincidence I wouldnt vote for him either Royal Bank manager Wilf Pattenden repoits that under section 43 of the Bills of Exchange Act banks must close when a Civic holiday is declared by ho whole council not by the major but must not close when its declared a public holiday But nobody seems to know the exact definition of a IN THE CITIZEN Hook page - 12 Church notice 12 Classified 8 9 Comics - 10 Coming events 2 District news 2 Editorial page 7 Here and there 2 Markets 3 Sports - 4 5 Tv 3 public holiday which is why council amended its original resolution Travelers on the highway north comment that some of the best coffee to be bought in these parts is served up at John Grif Griffiths � fiths new Salmon River Cafe 14 miles north Incidentally they plan to open their five table diningroom this Saturday Aluminum Co of Canada PR man Stan Rough of Kitimat writes that a fine trip for Cen Central � tral British Columbians is on the ship Northland Prince He left Kitimat at 1030 pm Thurs Thursday � day for Stewart at the head of the Portland Canal and got back at 2 pm Sunday- Stan comments Beds were soft meals good and loafing excel excellent � lent Why is BC Conservative leader Davie Fulton so averse to letting people know where he is Authoritative sources say Davie is busy in Vancouver these days rebuilding his law practice which suffered from his 18 years as MP in Ottawa This is confirmed by the largo volume of iolitical bumff that emanates from Tory head quarters at 709 Dunsniulr street But because Davie allegedly will try to take the Kamloops seat from Highways man Phil Gaglardi every piece of bumff is datclincd Kamloops to give the impression Davie is up there and workuig hard How come ent company At a press conference Thurs Thursday � day Attorney General Robert Bonner said that if the BCE is immune to provincial ex expropriation � propriation wc would sec the creation of a super government governmental � al creature never pre previously � viously suspected to exist Constitutional jurisdiction is far more important to the gov government � ernment than the cash settle settlement � ment which preoccupies the BC Power Corporation If the Court of Appeal up upholds � holds Chief Justice Letts deci decision � sion it will automatically be of Canada cral said the attorney-gen- US LARGEST BUYERS Employment up in PG region Due to the increase construe struction in the Prince George area employment is up ac according � cording to a national employ employment � ment service official The manager of the Prince George national employment service II M Waller said there is still a need for house housekeepers � keepers millwrights lumber graders and first aid men The office has placed 071 people in jobs during July There are 797 men and 250 women registered for employ employment � ment in the city almost the same number as this time last year The employment office will bo closed August 14th for the referred to the Supreme Court I civic holiday Claimants for benefits due that day will be notified of a new reporting data BC fisheries dispute now goes to arbitration VANCOUVER CD Both strike has cost more than 10- sides in ECs multi-million-dollar fisheries dispute have agreed to arbitration but con fusion has arisen whether the 21 day strike is nearing an end Members of the striking Uni ted Fishermen and Allied Work ers Union Ind and the Native Brotherhood of BC are to vote today on a proposal for a single arbitrator to settle the dispute The Fisheries Association of BC representing management has already agreed to the pro proposal � posal But in a letter accepting the proposal put forward by fed federal � eral Fisheries Minister Robi chaud and B C Labor Minister Peterson the union included a paragraph that left confusion It said the union will submit details of our concepts of terns of reference and scope of ar arbitration � bitration A management spokesman said that the union may want to include other matters than fish price with wages the cause of the strike in the proceedings of the arbitrator MAKES STAND KNOWN The association has already said that the main point at dis dispute � pute is the price of pink sal salmon � mon that which is generally used for canning It has said that it wants to be informed if the union wishes any other points considered The arbitration plans call for the more than 10000 brother brotherhood � hood and union members 7000 on boats 3000 shorcworkcrs and some tendermen to return to work during proceedings It has been estimated that the 000000 The industry is worth about 70000000 annually to the province The union has asked for 12 cents a pound for pink salmon The association has offered 10 cents There arc wage demands for shorcworkcrs and tender men and demands about prices on other species of salmon but the price of pinks appears to be the main dispute Meanwhile the union has re released � leased its members to sail on halibut boats which had been tied up during the strike Tension high on truce line SEOUL Korea Tension re remained � mained high along the 151 milc truce line where four commun communists � ists three Americans and one South Korean were killed in skirmishes Monday and Tues Tuesday � day American and South Korean troops of the UN command appealed ready for any trouble but the immediate danger of war seemed to have faded Lt Col William D Lynch commander of the 1st Caval Cavalrys � rys first reconnaissance squad squadron � ron said some prc dawn shoot shooting � ing by American soldiers was directed at possible infiltrators Lynch heads the army unit res responsible � ponsible for observation posts up front There has been no increase of major activities ho said We hal sporadic firing last night but most of our contacts are at night Th e e Itlzen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia Vol 7 No 150 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY AUGUST 2 1963 7c a Copy BTcMmmT KAMLOOPS RCMP WORST IN HISTORY DRAW A BLANK KAMLOOPS rr Police have drawn a blank in their search here for a 22 calibre rifle they say was used in the slaying of a young Nanalmo couple last October A senior RCMP officer said today that about 8000 invoices in a sports shop here had been searched in the last week with without � out turning up a clue to the ritle similar to that used In the murder case Victims of the shooting were Lew Dixon and Diana Phipps both 19 Dixons body was found in a parked car and that of the girl about a mile away Both had been shot to death Williston will crown new queen Ray Williston Minister of lands and forests will crown Miss Margaret Nicholson Queen Aurora VI at the coronation ceremonies Aug 13 it was learned today Mrs Earl Barlow publicity director for the Queen Aurora committee said that the Golden Hawks the RCAF acrobatic team will be presented to Miss Nicholson at the ceremony which will take place at 8 pm in front of the City Hall Also in attendance will be Princesses Pauline Smith and Elsa Gladwin Miss Nicholson was named Queen Aurora last Juie 26 and will reign at several Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition functions Miss Nicholson will represent Prince George at the Miss PNE contest in Vancouver Columbia talks with US set OTTAWA CP Talks with the United States about Columbia River treaty changes now ap appear � pear to be scheduled for the week after next External Affairs Minister Paul Martin chief Canadian ne negotiator � gotiator was leaving Ottawa today for a tour of both the Canadian and US portions of the river basin and is not due back here until next Wednesday He will be accompanied by Jack Davis Commons Liberal member for Coast - Capilano and parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Pearson Mr Davis has been the govern governments � ments main power adviser in the Commons Weather roundup Slightly warmer weather is forecast for Prince George to tomorrow � morrow This afternoon nad Satuulay will be cloudy with sunny pe periods � riods Low tonight high Satur day 45 and 70 In Quesncl 45 and 75 Peace River will be cloudy with widely scattered thunder thunderstorms � storms in the afternoon Warm with light winds Low and high in Grand Prairie 50 and 75 Low and high in Vancouver 52 and 72 Victoria 52 and 70 The five day forecast is for cool temperatures with little precipitation though Sunday should be a fair day LAST 24 HOURS Hi La Prec Prince George Terrace Smithcrs Quesncl 61 44 CO 57 61 52 68 47 Police highway crackdown looms A mounting accident toll on Central BC highways has prompted a police warning that speed restrictions in the area arc going to be strictly enforced An RCMP spokesman tola The Citizen toJay that the situa situation � tion is the worst in history More than 100 accidents oc occurred � curred on highways near Prince George last month almost double the average monthly total About half involved a lone car which usually Indicates the driver is travelling at too great a speed for the highway con conditions � ditions police said There have been no recent deaths a policeman said but thats only by the grace of God A radar trap netted 20 speeders near Vanderhoof Thursday most pf whom were travelling at more than 80 miles per hour One was clocked at 8G mph WARM Williams Lake Kamloops Wlutchorse Fort Nelson Fort St John Dawson Creek The heavy seasonal traffic plus improved highways and more powerful cars arc proving a deadly combination a high highway � way patrol officer commented Its one of those things you just dont know what to do People are being killed every day in this province many of them the result of speeding vet few appear to be taking a lesson from the slaug tcr he declared Magistrate G O Stewart who rarely recommends the suspen suspension � sion of a drivers licence Wed Wednesday � nesday took away a 20-year-old youths licence for six months after learning he had five pre previous � vious convictions for speeding Six die in explosive service station fire IIANMER Ont CPi Police arc to renew probing the wreck wreckage � age of a combined service sta station � tion and restaurant here for pos possible � sible further victims of a violent explosion and fire which claimed six lives Thursday Seven others were injured one of them critically Three of the dead were chil children � dren their bodies mutilated be beyond � yond identification Two women anda man also died but police withheld names Another child had still not been accounted for early today The late afternoon blast shook homes and smashed windows in a shopping centre across the road It demolished the building leaving a gaping hole and the scattered wreckage of garage and restaurant equipment A car parked at the garage was hurled on top of the ruins Eye witnesses said that a gas gasoline � oline truck spilled nearly 40 gal gallons � lons of gasoline while filling the storage tanks of the station shortly before the blast Most seriously injured was Giselle Labcllc 15 who is in critical condition with extreme burns to almost her entire body and a serious knee injury Three Hanmcr teen agers also were injured Edward Thorpe 27 of Sud Sudbury � bury believed to have been the gasoline truck driver had less serious burns to his face fore forearms � arms and back Landscaping well underway at vocational site A 30000 landscaping project is well underway at the BC Vocational School in Prince George Ken Sands forman of the pro project � ject says the Vancouver firm Conniston Construction expects the work to be completed by Sept 15 Work on the 115000 sq ft area around the school has been delayed two weeks by bad nvcathcr The scheme devised by R II Savcry includes extensive seeding shrubs and ornamental trees Grass will be protected by an underground sprinkler svstem the work of Pacific Ir Irrigation � rigation also of Vancouver The whole site has been ex excavated � cavated to a depth- of 12 inches and filled with layers of top soil fertilizer peat and top dressing Tho gov eminent inspector permanently on tho site said he was satisfied with the stand standard � ard of the work July weather slightly off -to say the least July weather in Prince George was slightly off normal in all respects and the trend is toward slightly cooler and cloudier weather for August Mean monthly temperature was 581 while the normal for July is 593 The record high mean temperature is 642 set In 1011 while the record low Is 511 set in 1914 Alternative markets for lumber VANCOUVER tpi A new marketing era is opening for the market conscious lumber producers of the British Colum Columbia � bia interior They are attempting to de develop � velop alternative markets to thoie in the United States which at present are by far the lar largest � gest buyers of Canadian lum lumber � ber Indications the efforts of the multi million dollar lumber in industry � dustry aie paying off with ship shipments � ments to Israel Some 5000000 board feet of dried and packaged spruce was sold in competition with Scan Scandinavian � dinavian suppliers for the man ufacture of citrus boxes in Is Israel � rael The shipment was negotiated by Scaboaid Lumber Sales Company Limited for Overseas Spruce Sales Limited and North wood Mills Limited both of Prince George Overseas Spruce a member of Seaboard was formed recently by Prince George area sawmill operators to develop European markets for spruce Northwood is a subsidiary of Jvoranda Mines US SEEKS PROTECTION The moves by UC timber men to develop markets other than those in tho US follows agitation by American produ producers � cers for protection against Cana dian softwood iniorU How However � ever BC producers still have a big foot in lie American mar market � ket and intend to keep it there while expanding sales else elsewhere � where With Canadian exports of sawn and planed softwoods run running � ning at more than 5500000000 board feet a jcar Canadas shipments now exceed those of the Scandinavian countries com combined � bined And they are more than double those of Russia tho next biggest individual softwood shipper Uowever timber executive have w aiued that unless Cana Canadian � dian producers and particularly those in British Columbia get cracking on market develop development � ment through new methods of which packaged lumber is one the Communist bloc countries may steal a lot of the business Common Market consumption of oftwouIs now rivals the US as the worlds largest mar ket There have been increased imports by the Common Market area from Canada Russia and Scandinavia but Canadas share still remains fractional This is what Canadian produ producers � cers are working ou The highest temperature read reading � ing this month was 83 degrees July 4 and the low reading was 37 degices registered on July 24 Record July high is 102 de degrees � grees established July 17 1941 and the record low was 28 set July 24 1918 Total hours of sunshine this July was 2513 slightly below the normal 267 The record number of hours of sunshine is 375 set in 1958 and the iccoid low is 189 set in 1916 July piecipitation amounted to 219 inches slightly below the normal 253 Record rainfall for the month is 508 set in 1932 and the record low is 03 set in 1958 Average windspecd was 63 m ph just above Ihe normal CO in ph Top gust speed was 51 mph on July 2G Meanwhile in Vancouver rainfall set a new July record with 251 inches measured at the aii port compaied with the pre previous � vious high of 2U in 1957 There were only 2346 hours of sunshine last mouth at the coast compared with a normal 307 The rainfall in downtown Vancouver reached 303 inches more than double the normal level but well below the 532 inches which fell in 1932 Man attacked robbed of 80 A Cottowood Island man told police he was attacked and robbed of 80 while lis was walk walking � ing horns from the city late Thursday Walter Hill 1142 Sixth said two men hit him on the head with a rock and stole his wallet in the First Avenue industrial area They threw his wallet in the grass after taking the money he said Police were unable to find it Thieves early today broke into First Avenue Home Service and stole about 12 from a petty cash box Police said they were unsuccessful in an attempt to break into a soft drink ma machine � chine Nick Powloski reported the theft of a power saw valued at 100 from his cabin on the Chief Lake road Sugar prices reduced again MONTREAL CD Three sugar refineries reduced the price of refined sugar today by 55 cents to 1275 from 1330 a 100 pounJ bag It was the third decrease this week Monday the price was dropped 70 cents and Wedncs 1 day 25 cents The price level is determined by the cost of raw sugar on the world market in London which fell approximately ol cents today The price of refined sugar has changed 53 times since Jan 1 38 increases and 15 decreases Last May 23 the price was the highest since 1920 17 65 a 100 pound bag It was 910 Jan 1 18000 A YEAR BERT LEBOE MP Excerpt from speech of Mr Leboe in the Commons re regarding � garding a federal govern government � ment decision to encourage the growth of Industry in Canada If this is true taking a static position as far as growth is concerned at the moment it means that our exports must if we are go going to be working toward an ideal situation decline as well because if we do not have our exports decline wc are going to be hi the posi position � tion of it is the monkey that scratches that has the fleas In other words we are going to have the paper and somebody else is going to have our goods until they come after our paper and we get the goals back again If we ate to assume that the position the minister has stated is correct thai the total balanco is the import important � ant thing and I thmk that is right suicly we must lecognize the fact that if we export more goods than we import we aie actually poorer because the goods are gone and wc have only paper until we get the goods back As I have said before if you have a Cadillac and would like to export it to me I will givo vou the paper I will wear out the Cadillac and you can wear out the paper