THE WORLD TODAY Prime Minister Pearson told newsmen today he will probably comment wllhlng a few days on a letter by Ontarios Premier Robarts criticizing the federal governments proposed Canada Pension Plan The premiers letter to Mr Pearson said recent revisions in the plan fall far short of what Ontario had hoped Mr Pearson after a two hour cabinet meeting to today � day Indicated he had not had time to study the letter fully The prime minister also said there likely would be an an announcement � nouncement tonight on a decision on the site for a proposed national centre for the perform performing � ing arts to be built In Ottawa by the 19C7 centennial The UN observer In Cyprus said today Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the southern mining town of Polls have agreed to avoid fighting Earlier reports had said Greek Cyprlots had surrounded 700 Turkish- Cyp riots In Polls and the situation was tense Britains commonwealth secretary Duncan Sandys said today he made a vigorous pro protest � test Sunday to Cyprlot Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprlanou about the flow of arms Into Cyprus Sandys reporting to the British commons on the Cyprus situation said he ex explained � plained to Kyprlanou that Brit Britain � ain has ample Information to prove that this Import of arms Is taking place with the full knowledge and approval of the Cyprus government A Cyprus government spokes spokesman � man has described as false a report that 700 Greek army souners ianaed during the night at Limassol In South Cyprus In Greece Itself veteran states statesman � man George Papandreou Is In firm control of the government after winnlnga landslide victory Sunday in parliament elections Chancellor Erhard of West Germany and Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin have agreed to demand long term passes for more West Berllners to go through the wall for visits They would like East Germany to issue passes to West Ber Berllners � llners other than just those who have relatives In East Berlin Italian singing star Rita Pavone underwent surgery for appendicitis today in Rome Doctors said the operation was successful and that she can leave the hospital within the next few days The freckle faced 18-year-old was stricken Saturday night while recording an English language version of one of her song hits Former American astronaut John Glenn Jr has been certi certified � fied as a candidate for Demo Democratic � cratic nomination to the UjS senate in the May 5 primary in Ohio The certification was by Republican secretary of state Ted Brown himself a candidate for his partys nomination There was a collision between two cars at an intersection near Cheltenham England Chief County Constable Edwin White got out of his car decided It was his fault arrested himself took himself down to the police station pleaded guilty in court and paid a fine of 56 Vol 8 No 33 McBride awakened by CNR When a fire siren failed the whistling of a locomotive alert alerted � ed McBride residents to a fire which totally destroyed a build building � ing occupied by five persons Friday Volunteer firemen roused by the horn of a locomotive at nearby CNR maintenance shops were unable to extinguish the early morning blaze before It levelled a second hand store operated and occupied by former logger Carl Carlson and his family The fire was discovered at 230 am by motorist A J Brown lie turned in an alarm but the towns only fire siren was out of order As Mr Carlson his wife two children and 16-year-old sister-in-law fled the building only In their nlghtclothes the alarm was relayed to night workers at the CNR shfps CNR night locomotive fore foreman � man George Long sounded the alarm from a engine in the yards to awaken residents In the town of 600 located 100 miles east of Prince George Fire Chief Dexter Harvey said today the fire apparently started in an electrical wiring panel near the rear of the two storey frame building No estimate of damage was available The 51 - year - old building owned by James McCullockwas fully insured Mr Carlson who opened his second hand busi business � ness in November carried par partial � tial Insurance on the stock The hour long fire endanger endangered � ed the towns power supply when it threatened a pole on the main power line three feet from the building Fire fighters used one of four fire hoses to douse the threat threatened � ened pole Mr Carlson his wife Colleen two daughters age two and 10 years and Dlanne Moore 16 have moved in with relatives at Croydon Mr Carlson opened the store after spending two years re recovering � covering from a logging acci accident � dent which crushed his leg said Fire Chief Harvey The chief said a new fire siren was on order but had not yet arrived from Vancouver 1000 loss in accidents Slippery city streets during the weekend caused four auto automobile � mobile collisions and more than 1000 in damage No one was injured Police said most of the ac accidents � cidents were rear end collis ions as drivers were unable to stop at ley intersections None of the mishaps caused more than 300 damage to any of the vehicles Now hear this Gig 285 pounds John Gaudaur from Kingston Ontario spent a week logging out of Prince George after he came west and then quit Reason western snow wont hold a heavyweight and he was sinking to his eyeballs even in places where big log moving equip equipment � ment could operate without sinking Now can anyone with a strong floor use a big man so he wont go through into the basement The marvel of flight depart ment Friday 300 Vanda orchids and a dozen Hawaiian lels arriv arrived � ed in the city direct from Hon Honolulu � olulu fresh as though they had Just been picked They were brought in by CPAs Graham Valde for the highly successful hospital auxiliary ball Wonder how this towns doing Heres what Vancouvers deputy civic planner II W Pick stone had to say I recognize here a thriving boom town It has all the hallmarks of a city going some place How far it will go I dont know but U reHalnlv will h muehbiitrer INDEX than It Is now Chamber of Commerce sec- Th e e WmS k 1 BBBBBK IB i MTil -s Sb fSE Pert Elizabeth Martell stands with Barrack Block Fours model of Playboy bunny at the first annual winter carnival at RCAF Station Baldy Hughes Miss Martell was named snow queen over three other contestants in the three day weekend car carnival � nival Story page 4 Roy Fujikawa photo Flu measles outbreaks continue to hit schools An average of 100 high school students are missing classes every day as an influenza out outbreak � break enters Its fifth week G H Devan principal of Prince George Senior Second Secondary � ary school which had an en enrollment � rollment of 999 this year to today � day said absenteeism has fluc fluctuated � tuated between 80 and 121 stu students � dents a day since the outbreak began Jan 20 This is two to three times our average absenteeism rate We have checked them out and found most to be caused by the flu he said He said measles have also caused absenteeism among the grade 9 to 13 students of his school While theyre protesting sugar retary Robyn Webster last week 0 - prices why dont housewives bought a new bug no not otOleil PcUntlllf as well seek an end to some food a beatle car She drove It home merchandising gimmicks and was leaving for the C of wnrfVl 1 million This ouestlon is asked bv Cs meeting when it got stuck WVJlxx P mimuii Citizen writer Betty Connor on on a very small piece of ice her column on page 5 today outside the house Just enough Also Inside todays Citizen Ice to hold her up for the meet- theres the first of a series of lng better luck next time Lenten Guideposts a true story Robyn by actor Danny Kaye about an Local comment from one experience with underprivileged politically weary resident on children hearing that flying conditions The series will continue until prevented Conservative Leader Easter Davie Fultons plane from land Betty Conner- ----5 lag here Friday Well he Classified- --------8 9 missed the boat In the elec- tlon too Comlcs- -- -- ------7 Coming Events- -------5 A recent arrival to this city District- -------7 from back East feared the awe - Editorial- ---------6 some reports he had of Prince Here and There- - ----- 5 Georges fierce winters Today Markets- --------3 hes happy hes here Instead Sports- ---------4 of his home town Toronto where jv- ------------3 Its three below today BRUSSELS lP A famous Rubens painting The Head of a Negro valued at 1000000 was stolen during the weekend from the Brussels Museum of Ancient Art Museum conservator P H Roberts -Jones told reporters the painting was worth at least 50000000 Belgian francs 1 000000 But he said this fig figure � ure would probably be greatly exceeded In the unlikely event the painting was put up for sale The thief or thieves entered the museum through a glass roof from a scaffolding on houses being built behind the museum The Illness situation among elementary school students is the other way around A check by Mrs Edith Fish Fisher � er chief nurse of the Northern Interior Health Unit revealed German measles and chicken pox have caused three times the absenteeism of influenza One nursing district in which there are 900 to 1000 child children � ren had 63 cases of measles and chicken pox and 20 cases of influenza I havent had reports from all the districts yet but that figure seems average she said She said flu is causing a higher percentage of absentee Ism among high school students because they usually have had measles and chicken pox as children Mr Devan said high school students are normally missing two to five days of classes due to the flu We cant curtail any part of our curriculum so the stu students � dents will have to make it up on their own either by doing assignments while they are sick or by taking Individ Individual � ual Instruction from teachers when they return he said Itlzn The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY FEBRUARY 17 1964 Pttoira LOpan 4 2441 on two men and a boy Sunday sending all three to hos hospital � pital They were rescued from the wreckage by passer bys who were hailed by the injured mens wives A six year old girl daugh daughter � ter of one of the Injured men had walked out of the build building � ing only moments before it collapsed Most seriously injured in the cave in was David Caron 7 whose neck was pinned to the ground by the edge of the fallen roof The boy was unable to breath and was taken to hos hospital � pital unconscious with a broken arm The boy and his father Lionel Caron who also suf suffered � fered a broken arm were inside the building when It 700 caught by warring Cypriote NICOSIA Reuters One hundred British paratroopers headed for the southern mining town of Polls today where 700 Turkish - Cypriots were re reported � ported to be surrounded by Greek Cyprlots A United Nations observer also made a separate trip to Polls A British military spokesman announcing the manoeuvre said the Turks were inside a school building dispirited and short of food Greeks were dug in 100 yards away There was no shooting over overnight � night but the situation was tense the spokesman said The UN observer Lt Cen Prem Singh Gyanl of India flew first to Ktlma the main administrative centre for west western � ern Cyprus to pick up Greek and Turkish - Cyprlot district leaders and then on to Polls The British spokesman said Ktlma was tense but other otherwise � wise the island today was generally quiet following a weekend which saw bloodshed threatened intervention by Tur Turkey � key and finally an appeal for peace by Cyprlot President Ma karlos Meanwhile the Cyprus dispute goes before the UN Security Council today as Britain and the United States seek to head off military Intervention by Turkey and Greece The council debate requested by Britain and Cyprus was expected to launch negotiations for an international force linked to the United Nations Its pur purpose � pose would be to prevent another general outbreak of fighting between the Greek and Turkish -Cyprlot communities The United States and Britain fear another serious outbreak would prompt Turkey and Greece to send in troops to back up their Cyprlot kin The result could be a war between Turkey collapsed around 2 pm in the Bonnet Hill area of the Giscome Road They were helping Law Lawrence � rence Cleghorn owner of the garage demolish the building in order to build in another spot Mr Cleghorn who suffered a fractured Jaw was outside on a ladder removing boards from a wall when the cave in occurred It is believed he removed a key board causing the garage to collapse Mr Caron s daughter Linda 6 had just walked from the building moments before it fell down The little girl ran across the road and notified Mrs Cleghorn Mrs Cleghorn and Mrs Caron ran to the road and hailed passing motorists A lot of wonderful people helped them in clearing away the rubble Mrs Cleghorn said The three were taken to hospital In private cars The three remained in Prince George Regional Hos Hospital � pital today YPCs elect Hallam John Hallam was elected president of the Young Progres Progressive � sive Conservative Association at an organizational meeting Friday night In the Pagoda Room of the Lotus Inn Other officers elected at the meeting which attracted ap approximately � proximately 30 potential mem members � bers include Ron Gowe vice president and Gordon Mo rash se cr etary- treasure r Guest speaker was Lowell Murray executive assistant to provincial party leader E Davie Fulton who outlined constitu constitutional � tional changes and offered suggestions regarding the re reactivated � activated youth group Mr Fulton who was scheduled to aduress the meeting was unable to appear because weather conditions at Kamloops would not permit his aircraft to take off from there Mr Hallam a delegate at the national convention In Ottawa recently of the YPC said the function of the association here is to arouse the Interest of the young voter in Conservative policies for discussion and social purposes He reported that the organi organization � zation of YPC groups on the Lower Mainland and In eastern Canada Is proving successful He said regular monthly meet meetings � ings have been scheduled here and he expressed hope that Mr Fulton will attend the next meeting March 18 and Greece eastern anchors of T -mn-w rWcu the North Atlantic Treaty Or- i iOggtJx K llieU ganlzation Archbishop MakarlosGreek Cyprlot president of Cyprus broadcast an appeal to both Turkish- and Greek Cyprlots for restraint But Makarios warned that his government meaning the Creek - Cypriots would not give in to threats pressure or blackmail We shall fight courageously and resolutely against the de designs � signs or attacks on our Island he said at Ft St James FORT ST JAMES Special A Washington State man employed as a logger In North - Central BC was killed Friday In a logging ac accident � cident The victim whose name has not been released was hit by a falling tree In the Fort St James district some 90 miles northwest of Prince George BIZARRE RUBY TRIAL OPENS DALLAS fl - Jack Ruby went on trial today accused of murder with malice in a strange case overshadowed by the unanswered questions in theassasslnatlonof Presi President � dent John F Kennedy An unprecedented panel of 900 Jury candidates rearly double the normal number has been called In order to qualify 12 as unprejudiced Rub 52 a pale pudgy night club operator gunned down Lee Harvey Oswald a self styled Marxist two days after the president was killed in Dallas and Oswald was charged with killing him The trial is starting in a courtroom directly across the street from the building where the assassin lurked and then fired at Kennedy Defence lawyers Indicate they will try to go into the circlmstances of the presi presidents � dents murder as an Integral part of the case for Ruby But Henry M Wade Dallas County district attorney says Oswalds guilt or inno innocence � cence is Immaterial In Rubys trial The key phrase in the in indictment � dictment of Ruby says he did then and there with malice aforethought kill Lee Harvey Oswald by shoot shooting � ing him with a gun This Is equivalent to a charge of murder in the first degree In the other states It carries a maximum pen penalty � alty of execution in the elec electric � tric chair The minimum Is two years In prison Wade says he will demand the death penalty Out of 25 murder trials he has ob obtained � tained 24 convictions It appears Rubys trial will develop into a battle of psychiatrists Ills defence will pivot on a claim of temporary in insanity � sanity the assertion that he became unhinged with grief by the death of the presi president � dent His chief defence counsel Melvln Mouron Belli of San Francisco stressed the point in these words The most Important as aspect � pect of it the trial will be the psychiatric testimony Everyone saw Ruby shoot Oswald a reference to the fact that television and news cameras recorded the shoot shooting � ing scene but no one saw into this mans mind Belli during an informal talk with reporters Sunday night pictured Ruby as a victim of psychomotor epilepsy subject to black blackouts � outs which could be touched off by rage shock or a power powerful � ful emotion He said he did not know whether he will put Ruby on the stand but added If hes on the stand a long time youll see a defin definite � ite disfunction This guy if you keep him there on the stand or in Jail much longer you won t have to take him any place to show hes wacky y6 SNOW Low 20 - High 35 7c a copy Three trapped inside collapsing garage A wooden garage in the Bonnet Hill area caved in llf v1 Dudley Little SC Skeena is back on the Job In the legis legislature � lature after 10 days in hospital He was taken to hospital for observation last ween and was placed on a diet I lost 12 pounds in 10 days Im feeling great he said Pr George loan OKd Prince George Is among seven municipalities which qualifies for a loan under terms of the federal - provincial municipal aid fund which were approved today by the Municipal Devel Development � opment Fund The citys loan will provide funds for a 100000 storm sewer extension program and 70000 for the construction of a major water main exten extension � sion on Alward Both projects were approved by ratepayers last December The board announced at Ot Ottawa � tawa that loans amounting to 1549000 for capital works projects throughout Canada were approved Loans will go to Newfoundland New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and BC Prince George applied to the provincial government last fall for approval of a loan which provides money at a low rate of Interest returnable over a 20 year period An additional qualification provides that the loan will be reduced by 25 per cent If the projects are completed by April 1965 This amounts to an outright gift because the city will likely complete the two pro projects � jects by summer of this year Mrs Assman dies age 78 A member of one of the citys best known families Mrs John Maria Assman died Sunday in Prince George Regional Hospi Hospital � tal She was 78 A resident of the city since 1915 when she came here from Edmonton with her husband and family Mrs Assman had been ill for some years and had been confined In hospital for two weeks prior to her death The former Maria Frlesen Mrs Assman was born in Mani Manitoba � toba and lived on the family farm prior to her marriage She Is survived by her hus husband � band at 1638 Ninth three sons Harold and John of Prince George and Arnold of Prince Rupert six daughters Mrs August Susan Dornbierer Mrs David Chxistine Ross Mrs Gertrude Scofleld and Mrs Len Adina Peckham all of Prince George Mrs Wilson Marie Muirhead Vancouver Mrs Mervin June McCon nachle Port Albernl and Mrs John Schmidt of Saskatoon three brothers Jake Frlesen St Catherines Ont Barry Frle Frlesen � sen of Clearbrooke BC and George Frlesen of Bakersfield Calif 27 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 130 pm from Assmans Funeral Chapel with Rev William Schroedter of ficlatlng Moderates win Greek vote ATHENS W - Elder states statesman � man George Papandreou will form a new Greek government backed by a solid majority In Parliament following his mod moderate � erate Centre Union partys sweeping election victory