Njp H B iiBflk 9bbW9b9bbbbbbb1 I 5 f k kjp BBHk BBBBBHBhBBBBBBf E5 fe J M -BBBBBBHBHBMMBBBHflHliifl ijSS f Hv fBBB ni BBBr BBBBHlBBBIBBHBkLMlBBH 2 bF IMicflrflrflrflrflrflrflrBRHj x Hfet Bav liPraHRiBiBaBaaaBaH illSsO BBBr TTTOinr BMiBBBBBBBBBBBJBBrBBBBBl ICIM bf IbbbhbbbbbrPIHHH EuF HBi bIbbBBBBhI Hr Urn BBfe SK BBBbVbh L BBBW I- VBBBBtW 1 THE MOMENT MARGARET NICHOLSON WAITED FOR ALL HER LIFE came last night when Minister of Lands and Forests Ray Williston crowned her Queen Aurora VI She is flanked by one of her princess Elsa Gladwin About 1000 persons watched the impressive ceremonies Hal Vandervoort photo 1000 WATCH CORONATION Aurora VI rules city A large thundercloud Tucs- Pauline Smith and Elsa Glad- were presented to the audience dav nicht naid homatro to Mare- m approached the stage be arct Nicholson by hovering at a respectful distance from city hall park as she was crowned Aurora VI Queen of the Ever Evergreens � greens The sun shone on an cstimat After three jears of biting dust around Qucensvvay and Patricia the people are get getting � ting a break The city has seed seeded � ed grass on the area at the heel of Connaught Hill So what happens The grateful citizenry scorn the paved sidewalks city council built for them and tramps across the ground com completely � pletely ignoring the signs which ask them to stay off and give the grass a chance to grow These clowns should play ball with city engineer Bill Jones and his crew who have done a smashing good Job this year of trying to beautify the city with flowers and lawns One of the Golden Hawks of officers � ficers told tins one at a reccp- IN THE CITIZEN Betty Conner 2 Classified - 1213 Comics 10 Coming events 7 Editorial page - 9 District news 2 Here and there -- 7 Markets 3 Sports 6 Tv and news 2 J tween me lines ot an ainorcc guard of honor She was preceded on the stage by 10 princesses representing city and district elementary schools They were Linda Miller Tnrnr fummlne TTIniTirt T n m Y cd 1000 who watched persons Kathcnne Adrian Ann 0csling the colorful coronation cere 1 Rhoda Woodrow Holly Sloat mony An hour later the om- Reta McDonald Roxanne Rich- inous cloud ended its truce with a downpour MOUNTIE ESCORT Lands and Forests Minister Ray WUliston placed the crown on Queen Auroras head at the centre of a specially - built stage flanked by evergreens and floodlit in the aurora bo realis colors Miss Nicholson escorted by two scarlet coated Mounties and accompanied by Pnnccsses Bizarre accident injures woman A city woman is in good con condition � dition in hospital today with a broken ankle and bruises fol following � lowing a bizarre car accident Tuesday night at Seventh and Lauricr Police said Mrs Helen Thorn was driving a friends car and lost control of it when she used the power brakes to which she was unaccustomed The car jumped a curb and went across a lawn at 2198 Lauricr Damage to the car was estimated at 400 A mishap at Third and George at 730 pm Tuesday resulted in a total of C0 damage Cars driven by Erwin Feet and Philip Nip collided in the intersection No charges were laid ardson and Peggy Cameron The princesses were followed by ladies-in-waiting Judy Nor rish Gail Loder and Janice Rikley Miss Pat Turner Queen Au Aurora � rora V arrived with princesses Raandi King and Judy Moor Mooring � ing Her deep green velvet train was carried by Peggy Camer Cameron � on Lucille Nielsen Ann Tochek Sharon Berg and Karen David Davidson � son OKANAGAN REP Visiting royalty Karen Mc Cargar Queen Val Vedette XVI of the Penticton Peace Festival and Mary Ann Adomcit Miss Golden Jubilee of Smithers organ tion for them shortly after their arrival yesterday Seems a native of Kclowna described the biidge which spans Okanagan Lake as the only bridge in the world connecting two hardware stores For the info of new newcomers � comers to BC two of Premier Bennetts four hardware shops arc at Penticton and Kclowna According to oldtimer Mrs Clara Alexander who came to Prince George in 1911 there used to be great rivalry be between � tween the newspapers of Fort George and South Fort George She said their reports of ball games between the districts used to refer to opposition team members as nasty little anim animals � als like frogs and toads Today the sobriquets of Uiis sort are shunted back and forth in the beer parlors or in the bleach bleachers � ers Our Favorite Landlady is slightly cheesed off She labor labored � ed like a Trojan making a cush cushion � ion covered with fabric labels fiom White Satin gin bottles and sent the finished product off to the distillers with high hopes Tother day back in the mail came the nope just a Utter of thanks Queen Pat was divested of her robe crown and sceptre and they were given to her successor b Mr Williston Sparkling tiaras were placed on the heads of Princesses Elsa and Pauline Queen Margarets first offic official � ial act was to present sashes of merit to Misses Turner King and Mooring Miss Turner then presented Queen Aurora with a new sceptre Members of the RCAF Gold en Hawks following their pres presentation � entation to Queen Margaret and introduction to the audience led the royal party from the stage to conclude the coronation ceremony The coronation was staged by Earl Barlow who introduced Mayor Garvin Dczell The may mayor � or welcomed visitors to the city with an invitation to enjoy the four day Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition Emcee of the program was Jack Carbutt Rhys Thomas provided music on the electric Bennett refuses to mix pleasure with business Special to The Citizen LONDON Premier Bennett refused Tuesday to mix the pleasure of business here with problems facing his government at home Ho said all questions concern concerning � ing the dispute between his So Social � cial Credit government and the B C Power Corporation should be referred to his attorney general R W Bonner This is the advantage of having a good cabinet Ben Bennett � nett said with a chuckle as he relaxed in his hotel room after Now hear this a busy round of talks with Brit tish and Canadian businessmen The dispute between the BC government and B C Power centres around a recent court finding that the government takeover of BC Electric Com Company � pany was illegal The parties are debating a purchase price and who should run the com company � pany until a settlement is reach reached � ed Asked why he scheduled a visit here while his government was involved in the dispute Bennett said he was in Nova Scotia attending a meeting of provincial premiers and thus was halfway to London BC lives on its export trade Bennett said and I came here to meet industrial bits businessmen heads of banks officials of BC House and Canada House and also to persuade firms to take part in the BC Trade Fair next May Bennett said he was extrem extremely � ely pleased with his progress so far He said he did not yet know when he would be return returning � ing home Union lumber agreement near PORTLAND CAP Union agreement with the lUGmember Timber Operators Council is the final major step remaining in settlement of the United States Pacific Northwest lum lumber � ber shutdown The most important settlement in tho 2li-month-old dispute which at one point left 19000 workers Idle was reached Tues Tuesday � day night The Big Si employer group agreed to give pay increases totalling 30s cents an hour over three years to members of Uie International Woodworkers of America and Lumber and Saw mill Workers Union CA e Indian girl drowns white bystanders just watch PRINCE RUPERT CP A teenage Indian girl drowned here Tuesday while several bystanders stood around and watched The girl was carried to her death when a car plunged from the ferry dock here into 14 feet of water just after midnight The first attempts to rescue her were made by Maurice Desautels and Bob Adams The real heartbreaking part of it was that we could hear her She must have been alive for about five minutes after the car went in said Mr Adams but I didnt reach her in time Mr Desautels managed to get the door open and pulled the girl to the surface She didnt re respond � spond to artificial respiration RCMP said she was about 1G or 17 Her name is being withheld pending notification of kin It is not known if anyone else was in the car Canadian pharmacists warned against quacks WINNIPEG CP Canadian pharmacists were warned against quacks at the annual meeting of the Canadian Phar Pharmaceutical � maceutical Association Tues Tuesday � day Dr C A Morrcll of Ottawa director of the Canadian food and drug directorate told dele delegates � gates the only way we can pre prevent � vent a flood of quacks nos nostrums � trums and devices is to develop Woman tarred feathered left in burning house WALNUT Calif AP A 28-year-old mother of two was tied coated with tar and feathers and left in a burning house Tuesday night sheriffs depu deputies � ties said Mrs Katherine Gammon Har Harwell � well is in serious condition at General Hospital where doctors worked to remove the tar and feathers that covered part of her body She told police three men en entered � tered the house knocked her down cursed her then tied her hands behind her back and threw her in a closet Then she smclled what ap appeared � peared to be kerosene and shortly after felt heat from the burning house She managed to drag herself outside before fire firemen � men arrived Robert II Lewis owner of the vacant house said a Negro man was helping Mrs Harwell clean up the house which had been damaged by fire in December 1962 Mrs Harwelj who is white said her attackers indicated she was being punished for her as association � sociation with the Negro man Wright said The three men were white Wright said the Negro man ran when the three men en entered � tered and apparently escaped The house was destroyed and maintain an informed and critical attitude against their schemes and methods Dr Morrcll said one common device followed by quacks is claiming a new use for an old drug The directorate is prepar preparing � ing an extensive scries of regu regulations � lations that will exert much more effective control over the introduction of new drugs in Canada Cancer cure claims pose a special problem for his office because of the off chance Uiat one of them may prove effec effective � tive under certain conditions There are several anti-cancer products now being sub subjected � jected to clinical trial but whether any will be satisfac satisfactory � tory still remaias toibo seen Ihe said Dr Morrcll said dealing with quackery requires legal prose prosecution � cution and public education Six new forest fires reported Lightning strikes Tuesday night caused six new forest fires to break out in the Prince George Forest District today a forestry officer told the Citi zen A total of 24 fires checked by the rain Tuesday night are now burning in the district and arc being controlled by 3G men Two planes arc checking for more fires probably started by Citizen The only daily newspaper serving Central Brifish Columbia Phon lOgan 4 2441 Vol 7 No 158 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14 1963 7e a Copy g3 nVVmm 71 54 70 72 CO 06 60 53 20 85 57 31 73 56 Uic lightning Tuesday night the officer said Hazard in the souUi is mod crate with tho Peace River area moderate to high EXPRESSES HOPE VICTORIA CP Federal For Forests � ests Minister Nicholson express expressed � ed hope Tuesday that working agreements can be made with the provinces for army assist assistance � ance in fighting largest forest fires COOLER w earners roundup Weather conditions will clear tonight in the area around Prince George It will be most mostly � ly sunny tomorrow with scat scattered � tered afternoon showers Little temperature change Light winds Low tonight high Thursday at Prince George 45 and 75 Qucsnel 50 and 75 Smithers 45 and 72 Peace River will have a var variable � iable cloudiness with evening thunder storms Temperatures a little higher Light winds gusty during thunder storms Low tonight high Thursday at Grande Prairie 55 and 75 Low and high at Vancouver 55 and 70 Victoria 53 and 67 The next five days will have lower temperatures than of late but precipitation will be slight LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Prec Prince George Terraco Smithers Quesnel Williams Lake t mw UtfyMl KiWiwrMiwtJi Kamloops Whitchorse Fort Nelson Fort St John Dawson Creek 79 50 - 79 54 - 78 58 - 70 57 - 71 5G - PRAIRIE WEATHER Winnipeg 52 sunny Brandon 59 cloudy Swift Current 59 Moose Jaw 51 Saskatoon 59 few clouds Regina 54 few clouds Edmonton GO cloudy Calgary BO few clouds Lethbridge 51 cloudy RCMP to try identification The RCMP are attempting to identify a mans body which was found Tuesday in the Fraser River near Lillooet A spokesman said it was quite probable the body is one of two Prince George men Alan Ward and Mike Sirulia who weiu killed in a plane crash near Ilixon last moath NEXT MONTH BCHIS to conduct hospital survey The BC Hospital Insurance Service will conduct a survey next month to determine the present and future hospital requirements of the Prince George area Hospital Administrator Gordon fownend announced WORLD FLASHES BRAZZAVILLE Congo Re RepublicPresident � publicPresident Fulbcrt You lou said today he is taking over civil and military authority and promised what he called neces necessary � sary reforms PEKING Severe flooding was reported today from two north China provinces after heavy rainfall last week WASHINGTON Defence Sec Secretary � retary Robert McNamara said today that one reason Russia aereed to a limited nuclear test ban is that US military superi ority has increased in the last four years BERLIN Calm returned to West Berlin today following riot rioting � ing Tuesday night by hundrqds- of youths demanding the wall must come down NEW DELHI About 10000 opposition party supporters swarmed to the main gate of Parliament here today de demanding � manding the resignation of Prime Minister Nehru and pro protesting � testing against the high price of food LONDON British police con continue � tinue to investigate the great mail train robbery today fol lowing a new avenue of leads uncovered by the discovery of a lonely farm that was the gangs hideout today Mr Towncnd returned today from Victoria whore he Board Chairman W II Pattendcn and building commutes chairman Geoff Richmond met Tuesday with Health Minister Eric Mar Martin � tin and the deputy minister D M Cox The government representa representatives � tives mads no firm commit commitments � ments said Mr Townend but assurance was given that a ccmplste investigation of the areas hospital needs would be conducted A W E Pitkethlcy manager of the hospital construction and planning division of OCIIIS will visit Prince George shortly to discuss a proposed chronic re rehabilitation � habilitation annex with the hos hospitals � pitals building committee In a prepared statement on the meeting Mr Pattendcn said They expressed a desire to co operate with the board and indicated an approval of the 12 beds to be opened for adult acute cases bringing the hospi hospitals � tals total bed capacity to 165 They also expressed a will willingness � ingness to deal with a request for an additional floor with the understanding it wiu oe used primarily for pediatrics Mr Pattendcn said a brief prepared earlier by city hospi tal officials concerning rehabili tation and convalescent facili tie is being evaluated by the BCHIS research division While some delay is being experienced said Mr Patten den accommodation for the chronic type of patient will be provided for when a policy is established by BCHIS Come fo the Exhibition prices are just right Three dollars will take a visitor to the Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition and buy all Uic fair has to offer For just 50 ccnts gate ad admission � mission to the grounds youre on your way The rodeo costs 125 and the variety show SI 25 and every everything � thing else is free Well almost If youre a student youll fare better Student and children priqes are 25 cents gate ad admission � mission and 50 cents for the rodeo and variety show Of course there is a nominal charge for midway rides and shows but one of the big spec spectaculars � taculars the Golden Hawk per formance is free this afternoon and night Other events from the parade to cattle judging to Baldy Hughes air display is free As in other years Northern Stage Ltd will be running special buses to the fair grounds The buses will leave from the depot at Fourth and Dominion every hour before 1 pm and every half hour there thereafter � after The buses will pick up pas passengers � sengers on Third Laurier Crcsc Fifth Central and the side road to the fair grounds anywhere on the route Fares arc 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for children HOT BEER ANYONE SEE LOCAL RCMP Anyone for hot beer RCMP early today found several cases of beer behind Northern Asbestos and Build Building � ing Supplies Ltd 1G30 First Police believe it was stolen from a freight car Old days and new at breakfast The old days and the new were represented at the pioneer breakfast at the Hotel Simon Fraser this morning when the RCAF Golden Hawks and Prince Georges early settlers were honored by the Chamber of Commerce About CO oldtimers from as far away as California came to the breakfast to help cele celebrate � brate Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition About 125 rcople including the Golden Hawk personnel one at each table attended EXHIBITION SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY 930 am Midway opens 3 pm Minister of Lands and Forests Ray Williston Minister of Agriculture Frank Richtcr and Mayor Garvin Dezcll officially open fair 330 pm RCAF Golden Hawks air show 7 pm Patricia Doyle Danc Dancers � ers main building 7 pm Repeat of RCAF Golden Hawks air show 8 pm Variety show THURSDAY 9 am Division two cattle and registered Holstcin judg judging � ing 1 pm Sheep swine and junior class horse judging 3 pm Reg Kcsslcr rodeo race track 3 pm Pet stock 4 H beef butcher class and live poul poultry � try judging 630 pm Light horse hal halter � ter class judging 7 pm Warburg Madsen school ot ballet main build building � ing 830 pm Variety show grandstand JETS AND BUGGIES WERE THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE pioneer breakfast this morning at the Hotel Simon Fraser Golden Hawk pilot Flight Lieutenant Al Young centre talks with Miss Nellie Law of 235G McBride Crescent and L C Gunn Miss Law settled in the city in 1914 and Mr Gunn now of Seattle originally came to Prince George in 1905 Vandervoort photo rw