BENNETTS BLUNDERS The Socred Angels The stock jobbing promotions in IJC of the McMahon brothers namely Westcoast Trans Transmission � mission and Inland Natural Gas left this prov province � ince saddled with a gas monopoly and the highest natural gas rates in North America Canadian distributors arc paying one third more for Canadian gas than American distributors In other words Canadians are paying through the nose for their own natural gas in order to facilitate big stock jobbing profits for the McMahons They make no profit in the 80 per cent of natural gas they sell in the United States It all comes out of the Canadian end and of course the gulls who bought their stock They tried to deny this when they appeared before the Horden Hoyal Commission on energy The commission proved that at 22 cents per thousand cubic feet they make no US profit and that any profit comes out of Canadian sales The commission report also leaves the clear implication that stock jobbery not public service as claimed was the motivation for creating the pipeline Company This is all on the official record The expediter of this stock promotion who made millions for the McMahons was none other than their dear friend W A C Bennett In fact McMahon is now the principal angel of the Hennctt government providing it with cam campaign � paign funds and a whole battery of public relations experts to help in election campaigns It was McMahon who engineered with The Province newspaper the disgraceful roorback in the lJGO provincial election At the last minute when no reply was possible before election day McMahon impudently threatened to curtail his operations if Bennett was not elected BC would have been better off if he had Two weeks ago this newspaper warned that Bennett and McMahon were planning another last minute roorback in this election It is now common knowledge that this sleazy manoeuvre will be carried out in the Friday issues of the two Vancouver daily newspapers McMahon will be backed by a group of millionaire business businessmen � men who constitute a sort of dinosaurs club in BC politics They have nothing but cynical contempt for the theories of Social Credit But they figure they can still use Bennett They arc going to say they will all curtail operations in B C if Bennett is not re elected Well soon know who these men are Chant denies interests in any poiitica party VANCOUVER CP - S N F Chant acting dean of the Uni University � versity of British Columbias arts department sas he has no interest in any political party Dean Chant said Tuesday he has been embarrassed by the number of telephone calls he has received since the appearance of a full page newspaper adver advertisement � tisement supporting Social Credit in the Sept 30 provincial election Tho ad quoted the dean as saving the Social Credit partys educational program was the most significant breakthrough in educational planning that has occurred in any province in Canada I wrote a private letter to Kducation Minister Peterson to express my appreciation for what was being done the dean said It did not mean that I en endorse � dorse all the educational policies of the Socreds I was congratu congratulating � lating him on the early imple implementation � mentation of the Macdonald He port and of recommendations of the royal commission as it af affects � fects secondary school planning and other aspects of education Dick Malkin Conservative candidate in the Vancouver Point Grey riding charged Mon- day night that Social Credit was using Dean Chants name fraud fraudulently � ulently in the election race To take this quote out of Dean Chants letter and make it appear as a blanket endorse endorsement � ment of Mr Bennetts educa educational � tional policy is plain and simple misrepresentation Mr Malkin charged Advance poll opens Thursday The advance poll for Mondays provincial election will open at 1 pm Thursday in the Civic Centre It will be open from 1 to 0 pm Thursday Friday and Saturday Qualified to cast ballots at the advance poll are voters registered in Fort George who expect to be away election day persons living in such outlying areas as Valemount and Mc Brida who will not be in their polling divisions Monday and persons who are registered voters in other electoral dis districts � tricts who will not return home in time to vote Monday In the 10 provincial election 195 persons cast ballots at the advance poll here MAY FOLLOW CANADAS LEAD OTTAWA CPi United States Union a spokesman for the grain merchants are in Ottawa Americans indicated early in the hope of following Canadas today example in sales to the Soviet The spokesman for the Amer- Now hear this Sandy Thomson eight- ear old daughter of our city manager brought home from a Victoria trip a rare momento Its a pic picture � ture of Sandy with Bob Hope taken on a golf course in the capital city by her mother No problem taking it either Mr Thomson stopped the celeb celebrity � rity coming out of the club house asked if hed mind if she took a picture not at all then clicked the camera And hes a straight down the middle IN THE CITIZEN Classified 12 Comics Ccsning events - - District Editorial Here and there Sports golfer too according to Mrs Thomson but he doesnt walk the 18 hoes He lias a powered golf cart at his disposal Bob Hope was in Vancouver this week to autograph his new book I owe Russia 1200 and the Thomsons have a copy Fort George returning officer Alex Clark has called a must must meeting for all deputy returning officers and poll clerks at 730 pm Friday in the Civic Centie The driver behind a car with licence 463 551 badly needed a front end alignment Tuesday but lie managed to avoij a crash with the gal who sudden suddenly � ly turned left while her signals were flashing right It goes down as another chapter in the some-ofthose-women- drivers 6toryt struggle said near WASHINGTON Ml A senate investigation into the workings of a national crime syndicate opened today with Attorn -y i General Kennedy telling of its secret meetings assassinations and the chance cf a major un derworld power struggb in New Yoik A s lira first witness Kennedy set the stage for the Senate sub subcommittees � committees hearings1 into or organized � ganized crime which he called one of the biggest businesses in America Hut getting a look at its clan clandestine � destine operations is difficult because of the curtain of fear he explained This is one reason the dis disclosures � closures made by Josaph Val achi arc significant he said For the first time an insider has broken the under worlds code of silence Valachi 60 a convicted nar cotics pediar and murderer has been singing to federal agents since he heard the syndicate had issued a death warrant foi him i The picture is an ugly one Kennedy said It ihows what has been aptly described as a private government of organ organized � ized crime a government with an annual income of billions resting en a base of human suf fering and moral corrosion VALACHI WILL TESTIFY Valachi is scheduled to be one of the sJar witnesses later in Ilia investigation Because cf inlormatiort from Valachi and other sources Kn ncdy went on the government has learned that Cosa Nostra also known as the Mafia and the Black Hand is run by a commission of nine to 12 active members The leaders of Cosa Nostra in most major cities arc respon responsible � sible to the commission which makes major policy decisions for the organization settles dis disputes � putes among the families gangs and allocates territories of criminal operation Referring to the imprisoned New York mobster Vito Gcno vese whom Valachi is reported to have portrayed as the chief of Cosa Nostra Kennedy said that because of his power and tho fear in which he is held in the New York organiztaion no move has been mads to take over the top spot while his ap appeal � peal of a narcotics conviction is pending in the courts But Kennedy warned if Gcn ocsc loses his appeal and stays in prison we anticipate a ma major � jor underworld power struggle in New York POOL INFORMATION Kennedy said federal investi investigation � gation agencies now arc pooling their information on more than 1100 major crime leaders Kennedy urged tightening of laws to help in the war against crime but he said regardless of new laws and old regardless of resourceful and dedicated in investigative � vestigative efforts the only force that can conquer organ organized � ized crime is tho vigilance of citizens in every community From all this testimony the senators hope will emerge a pic picture � ture of tho kind of laws needed to fight the underworld empire S sale to Reds rumored ican businessmen involved Bur Burton � ton Joseph president of I S Joseph Incorporated of Minne Minneapolis � apolis said however it is far premature to talk of a trade be between � tween these two countries Rus Russia � sia and Uie US Commenting on a report from Minneapolis that his group is in Ottawa to negotiate with the same Russian delegation that bought 500000000 worth of Canadian wheat and flour last week Mr Joseph said he has not met with the head of the Russian group and declined to say whether a meeting is1 sched scheduled � uled We just dont know what we have here ourselves said Mr- Joseph He would say only that the American were here to sell wheat and declined fuither de tails saying were way ahead of ourselves One of tho more sensitive areas as far as such an Amer American � ican sale is concerned would be former reluctance on the part of the US government to fos- Iter trade with Rutkia Cfi Phone lOgan 4 2441 Vol 7 No 187 BIRMINGHAM Ala Wi An other bomb blast shook Birm Birmingham � ingham today a few hours after a two man residential team ar arrived � rived to help restore racial unity to the big steel city There were no reports of cas ualties and no disorder Police said that apparently someone from a moving car tossed an undetermined amount of explosive at a street inter intersection � section The house nearest the intersection was damaged ex extensively � tensively Windows were broken and plaster was jarred from the walls Police were puzzled by a large amount of nails and pieces of metal thrown by the blast John D Hardrick 52 whose home was most damaged said that metal and nails blasted through his window A neighbor Ada Belle Parker showed re reporters � porters bits of metal on her poiich and imbedded in the woodwork of her home The latest bombing Birm Birmingham � ingham has had more than 40 since the Second World War was in a middle income Ne Negro � gro neighborhood on Birming ham s southsidc Russia ratifies test ban treaty MOSCOW Reuters The piesidium of the Supreme Sov iet parliament today unani unanimously � mously ratified the partial nu nuclear � clear test ban treaty Tass news agency leported Earlier th Communist party newspaper Pravda hailed the United States Senate appjoval of the treaty Tuesday as a vic victory � tory of common sense over lack of reason e HOW TO BE POPULAR bring your umbrella Its moose not hunters who seek the shelters The normal tourist season is over It terminated Sept 1 for most Canadians But in Prince George the season goes on as yet another breed of tourist arrives the hunter There is no increase or greater influx of hunters this year compared to former years the Chamber of Com Commerce � merce and the Fish and Game department report The weather may have some adverse effect on the number of trophies bagged since game tends to stay shel sheltered � tered during the rahy season According to the weather office GO inches of rain drop ped on Prince George and dis district � trict during the past 24 hours but it is expected the storm will pass late tonight Walter Gill of the Fish and Game department foresees greater hunting in the area if the weather would only co cooperate � operate Citizen The only daily newspaper serving Cenlral Brilish Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1963 EC wki YmB I The presidential team had set l George Wallace to stop intcrfcr up meetings today with white ing with court ordered desegre and negro leaders gation of public schools in three In Montgomery five federal Alabama cities Birmingham judges ordered Governor Mobile and Tuskegce Campaign slows down calm before the storm The big cannons have sound sounded � ed in tho Fort Georgo con constituency � stituency and left only a muffled echo in their wake With most of the big gun speakers having made their ap appearance � pearance here earlier the four candidates Jr Monday pro provincial � vincial election have been left to their own devices Liberal candidate Ray Cullin- ane today was stumping at Mc ley was attending coffee parties in Prince Georgo and South Fort George and Socred Ray Williston was scheduled back from the Queen Charlotte Is Islands � lands Thursday or Friday Fort George was not unique Canadian Press for the first time since the election was called Aug 22 today failed to carry a BC election roundup story on its wire service Instead the wire service sent this mes- Leods Lake New Democrat sage Ken Rutherford was main- EDITORS There will be no streeting at McBride and Vale 1 BC election roundup for Wed mount Tory hopeful Dud Saw- ncsday Unwarranted CP STORE MANAGERS THREATEN ACTION Prince George Terrace Smithers Quesncl Williams Lake Kamloops Whitchorsc ares most active VANCOUVER CF Announce Announcements � ments that out-of-court settle settlement � ment has virtually been reach reached � ed in tho dispute over a gov government � ernment takeover of the BC Electric Co has sent BC Power Corp shares up at the Vancou Vancouver � ver and Toronto stock ex exchanges � changes The bid price for BC this morning was 2150 up from 2425 Tuesday Meanwhile Canadian Collier Collieries � ies fell off heavily with an an announcement � nouncement that negotiations to erect a long planned pulp mill on Vancouver Island had been shelved The bid price at the Vancou Vancouver � ver stock exchange was 870 today down from 1112 at Tuesdays close iri i - JlWri Prince George Bulkley Val Valley � ley and the Cariboo will be cloudy with intermittent rain tomorrow There will be little change in temperature and winds will be light Low tonight and high Thurs Thursday � day at Prince George Quesncl and Smilhcrs 45 and 55 Last 24 Hours Hi Lo Prec f II 50 pr Monti e a t opy rt carriiti Licence granted II r nursing Prince G By PATRICK DENTON Cltiien Staff Writer BC Hospital Insurance Serv Service � ice has granted a licence to Simon Fra3cr Private Hospital Ltd to operate a 75 bcd nursing home at Tenth and Laurier it was announced today Aid Hilliard Clare said he received a telephone call from Lands and Forests Minister Hay Williston that the approval has been given but it has not been officially confirmed by BCIIIS David M VV Hummel pro promoter � moter of the project and oper operator � ator of a Victoria nursing home which is amost identical to the one planned here said Lt a telephone interview from Vic Victoria � toria that construction Is ex expected � pected to start by mid October If it can get started quickly say by Oct 15 we would hope to be open by tle end of April he said Mr Hiiiimcl said Marquardt Construction Ltd of Victoria will do th general contracting and it will use as much local 1 labor as can be found pos possible � sible He said work will start as I soon as the buildings plans are approvcu uy nnua incy win be presented to BCIIIS by the middle of next week Mr Hummel described the proposed nursing home as single storey Tudor style de designed � signed to look like a comfort comfortable � able home rathir than an in stltution It will employ 40 to SO full and part time persons and will be the only chronic unit north of Kclowna he added Simon Frascr Private Hos Hospital � pital Ltd bought the three acre site from the province and the city for 36010 last month Cal Parr Properties Ltd of Vancouver which previously had not announced plans for a nursing home here made a surprise bid of 36010 but Mr Hummels company met that price and city council agreed to sell the land to the original promoters New bomb blast outbreak adds fuel to racial fire 53 50 70 50 70 4G 12 43 34 45 trace 50 43 02 yJ home e roe 14 million involved in juggling Strachan VANCOUVER Provincial NDP leader Robert Strachan today elaborated or his recent charge that the BC Hydro and Power Authority has ap appropriated � propriated revenue to spend on Uic Peace River project and hidden it in the balance sheet The original charge was mads in a speech at Prince George last week Today he said at least 14 000000 is involved About this amount was list listed � ed under the heading plant CHILD PROGRAM expansion in the last years1 balance sheet Mr Strachan said in a telephone interview from his home at Cedar on Vancouver Island It obviously went into the Peace he said Where else in BC have they spent 14000000 Thpy have been reorganizing the bockkecping lystcm in some rather peculiar way3 He specifically mentioned the revenue appropriation Tuesday night on the CBCs provincially tclcviscd program Men and The Issues Dentist shortage Tho new community preventive dental program will bo restricted to four-year-olds because Prince Georges seven dentists cannot give complete treatment to the 4800 children previously covered If possible five-year-olds will be covered Dr II J llann regional dental consultant said today each dentist reserves three hours a week for treatment of children This meant that on only � ly 430 children aged three four and five and in Grade 1 re received � ceived attention By concentrating on four-year-olds ho said it hoped to give attention to more chilJrcn because at that age teeth arc in better condition and appoint ments correspondingly shorter Dr Hann said he hopes 80 or 90 per cent of the citys 1200 four-year-old children will re receive � ceive treatment By using all available 810 dental hours on this age group the plan will give effective and early preventative treatment including stannous fluoride painting he said Our intention is to give wider coverage in the same amount of time Dr Hann said but the health department also hopes more parents will attend with young children and receive advice on the import importance � ance of correct diet treatment and oral hygiene Older chilJrcn often came on their own and never passed ad advice � vice on to their parents sas Dr Hann The new plan will operate in Prince George and Quesncl and is a pilot scheme for the north northern � ern iiterior Registration forms will be sent to parents who for a nom nominal � inal fee of 5 can assure their four year olds preventative treatment Liberal official to attend meet Bill Gilmour president of the BC Liberal Association will share the platform with Fort George candidate Ray Cullinane here Thursday night The meeting will be at 8 pm in the Hart Highway Com Community � munity Hall Young shop lifters active here By JIM BILLINGSLEY Citizen Staff Writer A youthful shop lifting ring operating in Prince George stotes is alarming merchants to such an extent that some plan wholesale prosecutions instead of warning first of offenders � fenders The ring groups of school children ranging in age fim eight to 19 and formed into clubs systematically pil pilfer � fer goods from downtown de department � partment stores Members of the club consider it an of fence if one of their number comes from a store empty handed or gets caught But even the best club rules go awry Tuesday eight were caught in Kresgcs on Third with varied merchandise pad padlocks � locks pens pen markers lip lipsticks � sticks batteries notebooks flashlights Four of the shop lifters were given stern warnings and re released � leased on the spot Parents of the other four were called and Ed Gluta manager of Kresgcs said it is expected they will take disciplinary ac action � tion None were prosecuted Police are aware of the up upswing � swing in juvenile offences but they are helpless unless the store manager prosecutes An RCMP spokesman said police heartily dislike the job of driving shoplifters to the de detachment � tachment building merely to scare the daylights out of them Why do the teenagers steal for kicks One who was caught said the word was around school how easy it was to steal from Prince George stores There arc many ways of lifting goods from the coun counter � ter but one of the favorite among girl teeners accord according � ing to manager Gluta is for a gang to crowd around a given counter distracting the sales clerk while another member goes into action Shopping bags are used for the loot bulky pockets for smaller items and another method currently in vogue is slipping LI records between school rhg haulers