THE WORLD TODAY A federal Judge Wednesday upheld a ruling by a railroad arbitration panel that could eventually eliminate 90 per cent of firemen from diesel freight and yard service U S District judge Alexander Holtzoff overruled a challenge by four operating brotherhoods affected by the decision The unions had contended that the panel went beyond Its authority under the law passed by Con Congress � gress last summer to head off a country wide rail strike and also that the law Itself was unconstitutional About 70 British troops sup supported � ported by armored cars guarded against a potentially explosive situation In a housing in Cyprus today The troops were brought In after a dispute between Greek and Turkish Cyprlol police er rupted over 10 government bungalows The bungalows are located in a street occupied at one end by Greek factions and the other by Turks Richard Nixon apparently detecting growing sentiment that he should run again for the US presidency says he is willing to do everything neces necessary � sary to see that the Repub Republican � lican party nominates Its most popular and best qualified man for next Novembers general elections Nixon Insisted there Is no change in position that he is not a candidate but it was his first indication that events might put him in this years race In Athens the Greek parlia parliament � ment elected Nov 3 was dis dissolved � solved Wednesday by royal de decree � cree In preparation for fresh national elections Feb 16 The new 300 seat parliament will convene Mar 19 The dissolution fulfills the mandate given the Greek care caretaker � taker cabinet of 63 - year - old financier John Paras kevopoulos when It was sworn In before King Paul Dec 31 to dissolve parliament and conduct new general elections US President Johnson an announced � nounced in his State of the Union message Wednesday that his administration Is drafting a proposal for a system of In International � ternational military observa observation � tion posts to be set up on both sides of the Iron Curtain It Is understood officials are thinking about proposing 20 to 30 posts on each side of the curtain at key transportation centres where unusual military activity by either Soviet or US forces couldbe detected to safe safeguard � guard against surprise attack A US Civil Aeronautics Board spokesman told Congress Wednesday the crash of a ILS jet at Elkton Md was likely caused by lightning The crash killed 81 persons Dec 8 In testimony to the Congress the spokesman said the plane a Pan Am Boeing 707 was not equipped with plastic dlverters a piece of equipment that leads off the electric discharge fsom lightning A report from Washington by Central Intelligence Agency analysts have concluded that the Soviet Unions economic growth Is running far behind that of the United States They say Russias gold re reserves � serves have fallen to 2000 000000 These conclusions are reached after extensive study of the Soviet Union by the CIA The Communist Party in New York says It is seeking Informa Information � tion from officials of the 50 states about placing Commu Communist � nist candidates on the ballot The party said Wednesday It has written to secretaries of state and attorneys general In each state asking how election laws If any apply to the rights of Communist candidates Vol 8 No 6 MAYOR DLZELL faced barrage Ca Mayor Garvin Docells pro proposed � posed downtown parking com commission � mission collided head on with a rebellious city council Wed Wednesday � nesday At a meeting at 2 pm of council sitting as the general purposes committee aldermen voiced almost unanimous disap disapproval � proval of the mayors plan and protested he was out of order In appointing the whole coun council � cil to the parking commission Although the mayor was call called � ed upon to engage In a lengthy and heated debate with his coun council � cil he met with limited success and it appears today the whole matter of downtown parking will be deferred for some time Any ultimate solution could be many months away FLQ INFORMER GOT 10 THOUSAND MONTREAL The city of Montreal had paid 10 thousand to an informer whose information brought about the arrest and conviction of FLQ terrorists Montreal police director Adrien Robert said today the identity of the informer will remain secret and that he had no knowledge of any money being paid by the Quebec government which had offered a 50 thousand reward Both amounts had been offered for information lead leading � ing to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the time bomb killing last April of 65-year-old Wilfred Vincent ONeill a furnace tender at an army recruiting centre in Montreal Director Robert said the money was paid the in informer � former last October 29 WATER TESTED Health inspector says hepatitis is subsiding An outbreak of hepatitis in the Burns Lake area is defi definitely � nitely on the wane senior sani sanitary � tary Inspector Hugh Bell said here today Mr Bell who described the malady as endemic to the north central Interior said a member of his staff John Griffin has been in Burns Lake recently assessing the situation and taking samples of the com communitys � munitys drinking water Its definitely subsiding now reported Mr Bell who Now hear this In the parking debate In coun council � cil chambers Wednesday Aid Spike Enemark backed up his argument that parking is big business with the advice that it costs upwards of 1500 a car to provide parking facili facilities � ties Belated greetings to Garvin Dezell who celebrated his birthday yesterday If you want to know how easy It Is to break a leg ask school board secretary treasurer Bob Gracey He did Just that this week when he slipped on an ley pathway and broke the limb Just INDEX Classified 10 11 Comics 8 Coming events 12 above the ankle Bob is recep receptive � tive to visitors in hospital today With Christmas two weeks gone Its too bad the CBC doesnt arrange to ship in some something � thing to replace those Yuletlde TY programs that are coming our way now Has anyone seen a white and brown Pekinese female limping about the citys streets Mr Drlemal Is offering a reward for the return of his glmpy pet which disappeared Wednesday Most Important the dog Is sick and needs to take pills every day If you have the Pekinese call 4 2742 A reward too A certain Prince George chap was being examined for a judg judgment � ment in a civil case recently because he wasnt paying the stipulated amount of a previous EntertalnmentVVVVV 5 Jwim too well In the course of the questioning the Jurist Here u and ttiar there 12 ase mm raaJiychU Markets - dren he had Hls reply 0ne but were golng t0 tr t0T PDle People ana Places puces 2 i othef tWg monthn f f since he came to the Northern Interior Health Unit about eight years ago Is on familiar terms with hepatitis We had quite an outbreak of It In Prince George last year he said noting the health unit catalogued about 200 cases He corroborated a statement by health minister Eric Martin that personal hygiene and sani sanitary � tary facilities should be closely guarded as a protective mea measure � sure against the disease However he Indicated that the outbreak In Prince George last year suggested that the disease may enter the human body by other means Hepatitis has been normally associated with the lackof piped water supplies and sanitary sewer systems Burnaby man dies in crash CHILLIWACK fcrl One man Is dead and another Is recover recovering � ing from minor cuts following a traffic accident late last night near here Dead Is Leonard Moller of Burnaby He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital in Chilllwack Thlrty-three-year-old Erkkl Arponien of Vancouver Iden Identified � tified by police as driver ol the car escaped with only minor cuts REMAND FOR SENTENCE Lawrence Moyan of Prince George was found guilty In court Wednesday of attempted sexual Intercourse with a girl under 14 Moyan was remanded until Jan 17 for sentencing e e itizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA THURSDAY JANUARY 9 1964 DezeMs plan hits verbal snag t dont feel I want to be a part of It declared Aid Harry Loder arguing the proposed commission was not a well balanced body Council should have no part of developing an organization of this order contended Aid Spike Enemark I think the mayor Is out of order Its up to those most In Intimately � timately concerned with park parking � ing the merchants and busi businessmen � nessmen to come to us with a parking plan said Aid Dick Yardley Aid Charlie Graham pro proposed � posed the mayor abandon the commission plan and give con consideration � sideration to the employment of a qualified planner to advise council It was between Aid Frank Clark who proposed council de defer � fer the discussion until more information could be gathered Mayor Dezell announced last Monday at the lnaugrual meet meeting � ing of council his proposal to appoint a parking commission composed of council one mem member � ber each from the Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Development Commission and two businessmen Although he was ruled out of order Wednesday it was es established � tablished he did have the pre prerogative � rogative to appoint a select committee composing the whole council The mayor argued It was the duty of council to provide lea leadership � dership in the problem of solv Proposed extension to S S Kresge store at Third and Brunswick at a cost of approximately half a million dollars will result in a building that looks like this as viewed from southeast corner of Fourth and Brunswick Present building is indicated from arrow right and involv involved � ed in the project is the relocation of the lane to the site of Barwick Stationers Ltd on Fourth Canadas image distorted MONTREAL CP - W Earle McLaughlin chairman and president of the Royal Bank of Canada said today the Ca dlan image at home and abroad has been blurred and distorted Mr McLaughlin in his ad address � dress to the 95th annual meet meeting � ing of shareholder said this blurred collective Image is not the creation of any one govern government � ment or level of government nor is it the creation of any one political party It belongs to all of us and all of us are In various ways responsible for it He said there are three main problems A deficit In Canadas trade with the world In goods and services a balance of pay payment � ment deficit on current ac accounts � counts A net Import of foreign cap capital � ital a balance of payments surplus on capital account and A deficit in the Canadian governments balance of re receipts � ceipts and expenditures an over all deficit in the federal budget Mr McLaughlin said Cana ada sacrificed independence in monetary policy when she adopted a fixed exchange rate In 1962 Our fixed rate requires that we pay primary attention to the state of our exchange reserves If our reserves tend to be forced to have an expansionist monetary policy If for some reasons we begin to lose ex exchange � change reserves we must have contractionlst monetary policy City takes steps to stop abuses of parking permits City council moved Wednes Wednesday � day to remove abuses of city parking permits that constitute portable parking lots for some motorists The term portable parking lots was applied by city man manager � ager Arran Thomson who told council many private motorists buy the six month permits and refuse to letter their vehicles with their names as required by a parking bylaw The permits are sold by the city for a 10 fee and permit the holder to park free In an metered zone in the downtown area iney were conceived some years ago as a conveni convenience � ence for salesmen and com commercial � mercial vehicle owners Mr Thompson reported however that the permits are being bought Indlscrimlnently and that some permit holders who have been ordered to letter their vehicles refuse to do so Under the terms of the bylaw any car with a permit will be required to be lettered with the owners name Witnesses identify accused in Whitehorse murder trial WHITEHORSE YT W -Three witnesses testified Wed Wednesday � nesday that they saw Karoly Marsl 32 In the Yukon area where French university stu student � dent Henri Merlguet 22 dis disappeared � appeared In August 1962 They were giving evidence at the preliminary hearing of a charge of capital murder against Marsl charged In the death of Merlguet a student fiorn Annecy France who dis disappeared � appeared enroute home from a 1962 visit to famed Klondike gold rush haunts Gerald Warren George who worked as a mechanic at the Marsh Lake Lodge In 1962 said he met Marsl at Marbli Lake In August 1962 Mr George said Marsl showed him two holes In his shoulder which appeared to be bullet wounds He said Marsl told him two strangers had stopped him on the highway robbed and shot him Gordon David Boyd a bull bulldozer � dozer operator at a construction camp at Mile 50 of the Mayo Road In 1962 said Marsl pulled Into the camp early one morning la August and asked him to dress a shoulder wound Gerald Daniel Doyle of Ed Edmonton � monton said he met Marsl In Whitehorse Aug 24 and drove with the accused to Dawson City Mr Doyle said Marsl had and automatic plstorl In the glove compartment of his car Sergeant Edward Ard of the RCMP reiterated evidence given by previous police wit witnesses � nesses that remains found near mile 693 on the Alaska Highway included a mans clothing Also found were a number of bones a mumlfled hand two teeth and some long brown hair adhering to the jacket Constable R D Crear who met Merlguet in August 1962 when the youth visited Dawson City NT said He had un unusual � usual hair It was light brown In color and long He wore It In a style somewhat like Julius Caesar Previous witnesses said a signet ring on one of the fingers of the mumlfled hand bore the initials HM The hearing continued WHATEVER IS HELPFUL Hwm LOgan 4 2441 ing the citys parking problems It is the responsibility of council and In principle of the mayor to get a plan that Is practical and feasible he said I think It Is the absolute duty of council to do something abouti parking otherwise let It die Mayor Dezell contended He said he had taken the In Initiative � itiative on parking In order to force the business commun community � ity and the chamber of com commerce � merce to get down to discus discussions � sions He explained he appointed the whole council to the commission so that each member would be conversant with the situation as It developed Council paved the way for the project when It agreed to the relocation of the lane between Third and Fourth at Brunswick and the creation of an L shaped lane on property now located by Bar Wick Stationers Ltd Mr Bryant agent for Kresges told council his client hopes to start construction by the end of March and that a completion date would be met by about mid August Construction will cost ap approximately � proximately 36062 and store fixtures and display will cost an additional 109000 The extension will provide the city with an extra 8000 In taxes based on the 1963 assess assessment � ment he said The new store will also in increase � crease the companys present staff from 33 full time and 14 part time to 88 employees Mr Bryant added companys proposal which in volved closing the land and eliminating the stores parking lot at Fourth and Brunswick altogether Council Wednesday approved the lane closure after consid considerable � erable discussion but details of the building plan particu particularly � larly those relating to loading and unloading facilities cus customer � tomer access and fire regula regulations � tions will be resolved at a later date A former mayor of the city Mr Bryant told council Kres Kresges � ges has great faith In the city and prefers to merchan merchandise � dise In the downtown area of any given community He said the same floor eleva elevation � tion of the present building will be extended to Fourth and exca excavations � vations will be undertaken to provide semi - underground ventilated parking He said the company will pay the cost of creating the access lane via Fourth and will pay for the removal of the Bar Wick building It will also pay the cost for the relocation of the service utilities in the lane Including the Installation of a permanent sewer pipe andfor the diversion of BC Telephone Co BC Hydro and Inland Natural Gas utilities CLEAR i 7 PARKING COMMISSION GIVEN BRUSH OFF ful a Low 15- High 30 See weather page 3 tv EH ALD GRAHAM abandon It TO CLOSE LANE Store extension given green light by city council S S Kresge Company will start construction early this spring on a half million dollar extension that will double the size of its store at Third and Brunswick Plans for the extension which will include semi underground parking facilities and involve the purchase of valuable property on Fourth were disclosed at a meet meeting � ing Wednesday of city council sitting as the general purpose committee by realtor Gordon D Bryant ANY EXCUSE FOR A PARTY MONTREAL ftf Quebec Provincial Police said today 5000 cases of beer are missing from the 40000 case cargo aboard the schooner Ste Adresse which ran aground in the St Law Lawrence � rence River last month Police said the cases dis disappeared � appeared although a watch watchman � man was hired to keep an eye on the vessel There have been reports of big celebrations In the area police said His rescuers just complied Last fall council rejected the jiL unMiioet vtiiii itiwi MACKAY Idaho P Never mind the food and water said miner Stanley Johnson who had been trapped by a cave in 1158 feet underground Just get me the hell out of here So his rescuers who had though he might want some something � thing to eat after 27 hours In a 12- by six foot mine pocket got him out Wednesday They took him to a hospital in hearby Arco where the doc doctors � tors looked him over gave him food and sent him to bed He was cold and somewhat weakened the temperature In the pocket was around 40 de degrees � grees but otherwise okay Custor County Sheriff Glen Reed who drove Johnson 38 a bachelor to the hospital said He didnt have much to say He was pretty cold but had enough room to keep moving around in there so he could keep from freezing CRASH KILLS 20 BUENOS AIRES W 20 per persons � sons have been killed in the crash of an Argentine airliner about 50 miles northwest of Buenos Aires There were 31 persons aboard the plane when It crashed Bobby Kennedy available for anything WASHINGTON W Robert F Kennedy says he will stay on as attorney general and do whatever President Johnson and the Democratic party ask him to do In the presidential cam campaign � paign Beyond that the future of the brother of slain president John F Kennedy remains uncharted Ill certainly stay on through the election he said in an interview J dont know what Im going to do when thats over Kennedy deftly engineered his brothers successful cam campaign � paign In i960 Would he do as much for Johnson who fought John Kennedy for the Demo Democratic � cratic nomination that year Ill be available to work In the campaign he replied nobodys said anything to me about it yet but Ill do what whatever � ever anybody the president or the Democratic national com committeefeels � mitteefeels will be helpful Kennedy 38 until today had made no statements for publi publication � cation about his plans since an assassin took his brothers life in Dallas Nov 22 He was non committal when asked about a recent Associated Press survey which showed him second favorite behind Sena Senator � tor Hubert II Humphrey ot Minnesota forthevlce-presl-dentlal nomination What if Johnson should ask Kennedy to accept the vice- presidential nomination Well Ill just have to go back to what I said before the attorney general insisted I dont know what Ill do after I leave here What does he consider his brothers greatest contribution to the country and the world during his presidency He restored the confidence of the people in themselves and In their energy and their ability dim tneir meals and their fu future � ture particularly perhaps the younger people And thats why vou see there was such a strong re reaction � action to his death in the United States and abroad and even behind the Iron Curtain Hli ZmM TJ f K it ROBERT KENNEDY hell work