Bond plan considered for power WASHINGTON fP A plan to float low interest tax free bonds in the U S markrt to prepay British Columbia fnr the Canadian shaft of downstream power involved in the interna international � tional Columbia Iliver treats was reported here Monday If successful it could remove the last obstacle to the Cana Canadian � dian ratification of the treaty which provides for multi-mil-lion-dollar hydro - electric and flood control development on the Columbia Iliver in B C Senator Frank Church Idaho Democrat said Monday he has been advised that a consortium of US municipalities power cooperatives and power com companies � panies plans to finance the Col Columbia � umbia project through bonds floated in the US He said he and a group of other senators from the Pacific Northwest received Hits infor information � mation during recent private discussions with US govern government � ment authorities The senator estimated that between 300000000 a td 100 000000 would be raised in thi manner The consortium thn would use the proceeds to pre pay IiC for the Canadian share of the so called downstream benefit power power gen -r ated at U S installations as a rosult of storage in Canada PAY FOR DAMS The money would be used by liritirh Columbia to pav for construction of three dams pro pored under the treaty The treaty was sicned in lGl by Canada and ihz U S and Congress ratified it later thai year Canada has not ratified it however the federal gov mi ment having been in dispute with Premier W A C Bennett of DC over sale of the down downstream � stream power Ottawa agreed recently to permit tiic sale of tins power in the US and negotiations be between � tween the two governments ap apparently � parently have brought full agreement of all parties near External Affairs Minister Paul Martin discussed the sub subject � ject with Washington authorities last weekend and two technical groups then were established to delve into all aspects of the proposed price payments for the Canadian power and the methods of raising capital at the least possible cost These groups are to report to the government negotiators pos possibly � sibly Oct 4 MUST AWAIT ELECTION Meanwhile in Victoria BC Attorney General Robert Bon Bonner � ner said he was pleased with reports that an agreement on the issue was near but addsd vhat there are no plans to com complete � plete negotiations until after the BC election Church said the coasortium plans to sell a large part of Canadas shara of power in the power short California market for about six mills a kilowatt hour lie said that would mean the consortium would be able to pay B C at the rate of something below five mills at the place of power generation on the US side of the border The senator suggested that because of the lower interest charges that would result from the municipal bond flotation anticipated BC capital costs could be reduced thereby allow allowing � ing BC to accept less than the five mills it has demanded The consortium might be able to sell its bends at between three and four per cent interest Church suggested a consider considerable � able saving over the estimated five to seven per cent that it would cost BC to raise the money in Canada FALLS FROM BRIDGE CASTLEGAIt CD A Portu Portuguese � guese immigrant who came to Nelson to work for the Canadian Pacific Hallway fell 50 feet to his death in the Columbia River here Monday Belarnuna Josi Defriaf was working with a CPU crew on the railroad bridge when he fell and dis disappeared � appeared hone tOgan 4 2441 Apart from frig patches in the valleys overnight the Prince George region will be sunny with little change in tempera temperature � ture Low tonight and high Wednes Wednesday � day at Prince George 50 and 75 at Smithers 50 and 70 Quesnel 55 and 80 Peace River will have fair and warm weather with a high at Grande Prairie of 70 Low tonight and high Wed Wednesday � nesday at Vancouver 58 and 70 Victoria 53 and G5 LAST 24 HOURS Hi Lo Pre Princo George G8 52 15 Terrace Smithers Quesnel Williams Lake Kamloops Whitehorse Fort Nelson Fort St John Dawson Creek Warm air still 79 59 77 5h 77 5G 18 79 52 08 90 57 Gl -19 G3 45 08 75 55 01 81 51 02 cov ers the prairies and northwest Ontario and temperatures will soar again this afternoon reaching 80 at many points Cold air which has been threatening the prai prairies � ries has moved a bit closer but still lies north of The Pas A weak disturbance in western Saskatchewan will move across the district during the day ac accompanied � companied by some clouds and local showers Now hear this CNIB campaign chairman Mrs Dorothy Sellars announc announced � ed today that the CNIB blitz which was to havo been carried out Thursday has been post postponed � poned one week because of the Red Cross Blood Clinic It will now take place on Sept 19 Former Prince George an announcer � nouncer Bill James now yak king over Vancouvers Station COO swears the NOP is going IN THE CITIZEN Classified 8 Comics -- 1 Coming events 5 District news -- - - 2 Editorial page 7 Here and there 5 Markets 3 Sports 4 TV 2 to pick up seven seats In the Lower Mainland Hes so enthus enthusiastic � iastic he phoned a friend here at 530 this ayem to impart the news Oh yes Bill is also pub publicity � licity man for the Vancouver Centre NOP association The Great Reveer hypnotist magician and escape artist should have drawn on his mys mystical � tical powers yesterday His car got stuck in gravel in The Citi Citizen � zen parking lot but he had to use the old grunt n groan tac tactics � tics to dislodge it just like any other mortal And the Safe way ad in todays green section contains an error which would throw off weekend shoppers The half-and-half milk product sells for 57 cents a quart not I 20 cents and quait cartons of Vol 7 No 176 Ca MAYOR GARVIN DEZELL SEEMS TO HAVE A FEW gallons of blood to spare as ho donates the first pint to Miss J Craig HN HT for the annual Heel Cross cam campaign � paign The mayor was a couple of days ahead of every everyone � one else because he was out of town when the collection begins Wednesday e MONTREAL W Hal C - mere ireM nee of three other Banks president of the Sea- SIU officrs in Trois-Rivu-rcs faren International Union did not deprive the presidrnt Ind was sentenced Monday of his authority and his initia to a month in jail for contempt tive of court but wont serve thf sentence pending appeal The conviction is in connec connection � tion with the SIUs running feud with Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd of Toronto Mr Justice Andre Sabourin of Quebec Superior Court ruled Monday that the burly union president had failed to do all he could to stop the SIUs vio violation � lation of a no picketing injunc injunction � tion in May 19G2 The union picketed an Upper Lakes ship in Trois Rivieres Que for two days after the company had obtained a Su Superior � perior Court injunction against picketing watching besetting and intimidation of its ships at all St Lawrence River ports Judge Sabourin ruled Mr Banks had not taken all rea reasonable � sonable steps in his power to pi event the violation of the in injunction � junction Mr Banks contended ho had ordered picketing stopped im immediately � mediately after being issued the injunction order However Judge Sabourin ruled there is no evidence whatsoever that the respondent Banks was at variance with what took place at Trois-Rivieres during those two days On the- contrary all the facts show that every body was in perfect agreement though it is easy to imagine the disappoint disappointment � ment of the respondent when he heard the local police had stepped in and anested the pickets Mr Banks had contended he transmitted ths courts order to Trois Rivieres through a union officer Judge Sabourin ruled the Unrest continues in Saigon schools SAIGON CP - South Viet Vietnamese � namese troops and heavily arm armed � ed combat police today cleared pupils out of several large high schools in Saigon as antigovein in e n t unrest continued in schools Most of the children were Credit financial critic Gillos Gregoire said Monday that the split between Quebec Socreds and the national body would be healed if the next party con convention � vention elects a new and bilin bilingual � gual leader Mr Gregoire now a member of Le Ralliement des Credit istes the new party formed by Real Caouette after the Quebec group repudiated Robert Thomp Thompson � son as its leader said the con convention � vention should be called soon The MP tor Lapointe said that under such a new leader the breakaway Quebec Socreds would continuo on as the pro provincial � vincial branch of the national Social Credit movement In Ottawa Alex Dcnomnice vice president of the Russell ruling Social Credit Association announced Monday night he has resigned from the Social Credit FAIR CONDITION A woman injured in a car ac accident � cident Sunday morning is in sent home although police were fair condition with periods of reported to have taken away consciousness hospital authori- about 100 suspected ringleaders l ties said A Mrs Freruiette was Morn than 2000 numls havela passenger in a car that rolled buttermilk are going for 26 been anested since Saturday over several times near Peden cents according to informed bources Hill e imMLt wmt ill i It - i PRINCE GEORGE CLINIC OPENS Need for blood is never ending A quota of 1200 pints has been set for the annual three day Red Cross blood clinic which begins Wednesday in the Royal Canadian Legion basement The necessity of having blood in store was exempli exemplified � fied Sunday when a Kamloops truck drivers life was saved f- nor by blood transfusions after he had been mauled by a bear Robert McKelvic 32 suf suffered � fered multiple head lacera lacerations � tions in an encounter with a grizzly While hunting at Turn Turn Lake 100 miles north of Kamloops Two hunting companions scared off the bear and Mc Kelvie was rushed to hospi hospital � tal in Kamloops where his life was saved by 21 pints of blool given by transfusions The Prince George clinics will be at 130 to 430 pm and G30 to 930 pm Wednes Wednesday � day Thursday and Friday Most of the blood collected here is shipped to Vancouver for storage The blood not used within six weeks is pro processed � cessed into plasma The Prince George Region Regional � al Hospital has a minimum requirement of 1000 to 1100 pints of blood each year It is brought to Prince George as needed Hal Banks wont serve term untSI appeal heard Nothing shows Jiat he dele delegated � gated his powers to anyone in particular or discharged kus duties so as to exclude his par participation � ticipation j Moose hunters guides find first week slow The game branch reports a slow first week of the hunting season Warm weather has kept moose in the timber and given the guides a hard task finding them Inspector Walter Gill said hunting will become much better when the rut starts and he guessed Sept 20 as the likely date for it to begin Partly due to these poor hunting opportunites the game branchs collection of moose jaws has not grown very much Inspector Gill described this weeks collection as fair but it could be a lot better Bilingual leader seen as Socreds main need OTTAWA CPi Former Social party to support the Quebec breakaway group led by Real Caouette Wallace called the guard into itizen The only dally newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1963 T e m p c r s flared at a school board meeting Mon Monday � day night when 20 parents fought to have their chil children � dren withdrawn from the new Seymour elementary school The noisy meeting was clim axed with an oilcr from chair chairman � man J W Elliott for all but a spokesman for the delegation to leave the room The group achieved its objec l tive after heated argument j The board decided that all1 students from Perry Circle I Red woo 1 an 1 Grade 1 aid 2 sludents on Spiucc Tamarack1 and the avenues within thatj area would be transferred to Connaught elementary TAKES EFFECT TODAY This was to have taken effect I today If you people have morel babies than we can put in school dont blame us trustee j Harold Moffat told the group The spokesman for the protest protesting � ing parents was Mrs William Stoudt of 181G Redwood The delegation approached the school board for two major reasons O There are no sidewalks on Fifteenth and the only access to the school is across a swamp and a dump 9 Some of the pupils live less than two blocks from Connaught yet had to attend Seymour which is more than one mile away Mrs Stoudt summed up the numerous and often loud com comments � ments of the delegation say saying � ing Wo feel it is not safe to send our kids to school The school board in answer to these complaints told the delegation it had been assured by the city a sidewalk would soon be built on Fifteenth and if their children could play on the clump all summer they could cioss it to go to school ABRUPT END The uproar came to an abrupt en I when Arthur Hoard of 1754 Redwood rose to speak at 950 p m after being told earlier that any more comments by him would bring the removal of the delegation Mr Hoard had barely start started � ed to speak when a trustee moved the delegation be ordered to leave There was a quick seconder and an even quicker vote and the delegation was out Once the delegation was gone the board quickly settled down to solving the problem Four teachers still needed There is still a shortage of four teachers in School District 57 school superintendent J M Philhpson said at the board meeting last night Shelley is still without two teachers and the pupils arc presently being sent to Fraser View School Duchess Park and King George V One class at Summit Lake has no teacher and is not at attending � tending school and Vanway s one teacher short GUARDSMEN ENTER INTEGRATION DISPUTE nedy promptly placed the guard under federal jurisdiction to re remove � move control from the gover governor � nor Wallace who early today used guardsmen and state troopers to chase federal mar hhals out of the capitol building at Montgomery declined im immediate � mediate comment on the White House moves bringing the Ala Alabama � bama bdiool crisis to a show showdown � down Before directing that the guard be put under federal con control � trol Kennedy issued an order calling upon Wallace to cease and desist from his man manoeuvres � oeuvres to thwait federal court directives for school integration A similar move preceded de segregation of the University of service shoitly after midnight Alabama in June over Wallaces to Keep Negroes out ot wnue opposiwun ir DEBBIE DRAKE TORIES TO SIT THIS ONE OUT The Conservatives will not field a candidate in Fort George for the Sept 30 pro provincial � vincial election the partys association prcsrJent Dud Saw ley announced today He said the party executive felt we didnt want to field a candidate simply for the sake of fielding one the grounds of a high school at Mobile under orders of Wallace before issuance of tho presiden presidential � tial directive which removed Wallace as their commander They were withdrawn quickly after the Kennedy order was announced Kennedy ordered Defence Secretary McNamara to call the guardsmen into federal ser service � vice McNamara was instructed to take all appropriate steps to enforce federal law m Alabama and to use any or all units of the Alabama guard as he deems appropriate Kennedy told McNamara to use the guard to suppiess un lawful assemblies combinations and conspiracies which Ken nedy in the earlier proclama lion said were being carried out by Wallace and other state schools at Birmingham Mobile Guardsmen had moved on to authorities 7c a Copy nr carri Delegation wins bottle of schools in heated debate DEBBIE DRAKE MAKES RETURN Debbie Drake has returned from a summer holiday with without � out losing any of her physical fitnsrs and ready to give readers of The Citiicn tips on ussful exercises Starting Wednesday Miss Drake will have advice for the ladies on exercise which will bring tbem into full flower It will take enly a few min minutes � utes a day to fellow her exer exercise � cise routines You may creak a bit at first but with practice ycull wind up with a bloom blooming � ing good figure TO ADDRESS BANQUET Socred leader speaks tonight National Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson will addiess a banquet at G30 tonight in the Hotel Simon Fraser He was to arrive in Prince George late this afternoon following a luncheon meeting in Quesnel The banquet will precede tho Socred nominating convention to be attended by incumbent Fort George MLA Ray Willis ton Cariboo candidate William Spcare and Omineca candidate Cyril Shelf ord Mr Williston is expected to be the second candidate nomin nominated � ated for the constituency Har Harbor � bor school teacher Ken Ruther Rutherford � ford was named New Demo Democratic � cratic Party representative Liberal convention is set for 8 pm Thursday in the Mc McDonald � Donald Hotel Chambers of commerce will meet in Ketchikan North Central BC should have- a strong delegation at a Chamber of Commerce conven convention � tion in Ketchikan next month a spokesman for the Prince George organization said today The 32nd annual meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Central BC and Alaskan affiliates will take plaee Sept 13 15 The main topic of discussion is development of Alaskas marine highway po potential � tential A spokesman for the Prince George group said promotion of the Haines Prince Rupert ferry already a boon to the area will help develop a major tourist industry for future years BC delegates will meet at Prince Rupert Thursday eve evening � ning to discuss resolutions and other subjects Alaska dele delegates � gates have been invited to Princo Rupert to take part in the preliminary meeting The next day they will travel to Ketchikan aboard the ferry arriving at their destination at 3 p m The remainder of that day will be taken up with regis registration � tration and a banquet Saturdays program includes a business session social hour and dinner at which Gov Wil William � liam Egan of Alaska will be guest speaker Photo show lor October The Prince George and Dis District � trict Horticultural Society is again sponsoring its photo photographic � graphic competition The subject may be any gar garden � den scene plant or portion of a plant photographed in this aiea Participants arc limited to five entries in eacli category and individual prints or slides must not bear the competitors name There are two classes class A for color slid 35 mm or lar larger � ger and class U for color prints of any sue Kennedy moves to thwart defiance BIRMINGHAM Ala AIM and Tuskegee Piesident Ken- The federal government took over control of tho Alabama National Guard by presidential orJer today to enforce public school integration despite de defiance � fiance of Governor George C Wallace Two Negroes a 17- car old boy and a IG y ear old girl walk walked � ed into Murphy High School at Mobile for classes just before 730 a m to become the first high school pupils of their race to desegregate the Alabama public school system National guardsmen who had been drawn up aiound the school at Wallaces order de pal ted a few minutes befoie the Negroes cnteml Y J rl m jjwii OKI XJi - iWvm i H I -ii HENRY HOBDY 17 AND Dorothy Davis 16 arrive to register in Mobile