THE WORLD TODAY OTTAWA P - Despite one of the must rousing speeches of the session Progressive Con servallvo Leader Dlefenbaker Tuesday night failed to rally other opposition parties to his cause and his partys noncon fldence motion in the minority Liberal government was swamped Only the 80 Conservative members present supported the motion that charged the gov government � ernment with falling to control rising expenditures and with running up substantial deficits The IGO member forceof 111 Liberal 17 New Democrat 13 Credltiste and nine Social Credit MPs easily defeated the sixth non confidence vote of the ses session � sion New ideas Dr Hubert Winston Smith Jack tlubys new head legal counsel Indicates ho will pur pursue � sue new lines of defence In seeking to reverse Rubys death sentence Smith C6dlrectorofthoUni verslty of Texas law schools Law Science Institute was In Introduced � troduced Tuesday night as chief defence lawyer by Mrs Eva Grant Itubys sister A graduate of Harvards law and medical schools Smith said in Dallas he entered the case wilhoul fees to see that every relevant Issue of the Ruby case was examined scientific scientifically � ally by the best medical and legal aid available Mediator UN Secretary - General U Thant In Geneva today appointed former premier Sakarl S Tuo mloja of Finland as mediator In the Cyprus dispute Tuomloja 52 said he would take up his work In the strife torn east Mediterranean island by the middle of next week Ills appointment was ap approved � proved Tuesday by Greece Turkey Drltaln and the islands two feuding communities PM meeting Opinion in London is harden hardening � ing that a conference of Com Commonwealth � monwealth prime ministers will be held In July Preliminary soundings are all but completo and formal Invi Invitations � tations may be Issued soon Originally theUrillshgovern ment was lukewarm to tho Idea of a family summit meeting even though tho Interval bo twecn conferences Is already much longer than usual Jhe last meeting of Commonwealth leaders was In September 1962 Jury out Twelve closely guarded Jur Jurors � ors were still locked in a secret hideaway In Aylesbury today seeking a verdict In the biggest criminal trial in Dritlsh hls-tory-the 7800000 great train robbery Dy noon the jury had been in complete isolation for 45 hours Even their meals were being sent to them secretly The elaborate security pre precautions � cautions followed two alleged attempts to bride jurors who considered the fate of 11 men charged in connection with the holdup of a London bound mall train last August A comeback Gen Douglas MacArthur was reported alert today and making satisfactory progress In recovery from the shock of two major operations In 17 days Col Donald A Campbell ex executive � ecutive officer of Walter Reed Army Medical Centre said Gen MacArthur continues to progress satisfactorily indi indicating � cating a better than average post operative course He Is alert and conversing Vol 8 No 60 Tk SEATTLE CP A prosecu prosecution � tion witness testified Tuesday that John Wasylenchuk on trail here for bank robberyand mur murder � der told hlmhehadanarrange ment to pay an RCMP sergeant 3000 for an alibi The witness Irwin Lester Terrance Teague 37 is serving an eight year term In a federal Institution Wasylenchuk a 51-year-old Canadian Is charged with bank e robbery and with murder In the holdup of a bank here March 12 1054 in which a policeman was killed and two others wounded Ernest Nuttall retired RCMP sergeant testified at an extra extradition � dition hearing last November that he saw Wasylenchuk at the Canadian suspects home In the Vancouver suburb of Durnaby within an hour of the Seattle holdup 150 miles from the scene Now hear this Six-month-old baby Representatives of a British syndicate were In town a couple of days ago ready to drop a few million In Investments around these parts They were looking for re development projects and all went well until they turned over the price tags which showed that the locals werer wanting 25000 for two 30 foot lots End of story Its on good autlsorlty that the Legion has sold Its former quarters temporarily occupied by the Royal Dank for about 80000 But there wont be any announcement until the Legion gets more cash The deal how however � ever has been signed Also ahead of the headlines within a week or two therell be word on a hotels plans for a big expansion program A tribute to city staff was the INDEX Classified Comics - - Coming Events District - - -Editorial - - -Markets - -Sports - - 18 19 - -- 16 - - 9 2 - - - - 11 3 wind up of the court of revision without any formal complaints being placed before It concern concerning � ing the citys tax role A couple of objections were received but these were handled without the necessity of a formal hearing According to a CJVI Victoria -news broadcast there are only two provincial ridings where Conservative Davie Fulton wouldnt be in if a by-election came up Tho radio station names the two seats It doesnt see going for Fulton as Peace Rlver and Prince George At tUbutes this to Peace Power development A favorite pastime of cur curious � ious youngsters Is doomed to extinction in the years ahead City council Monday night ap approved � proved a bylaw change which would require future sewage check valves to be placed In Inside � side buildings Instead of at the property line The present ver vertical � tical Inspection pipes at the property line provide kids with a dandy place to drop rocks This leads to clogged drains and to sewage blockages and head headaches � aches for the city getting them cleared out died due to neglect DRACEBRIDGE Ont CP - A coronors Jury sitting here has returned a verdict of death due to pneumonia contributed to by neglect of medical and hy hygiene � giene care In the Dec 29 death of a sU-month-oldBracebrldge child Dr J B Rublee a patholo pathologist � gist from Parry Sound Ont said Cheryl Isabel Ball daugh daughter � ter of Mr and Mrs Carl Ball had a number of open ulcers on her back buttocks thighs and calves when she died The sores Indicated that the child had lain for extended periods In a damp bed and that regular diaper changes had not been made he said Mrs Ball told coroner E J Clout ler of tluntsville that the baby had developed what she thought were convulsions the night before her death and had been taken to hospital Dr Kenneth Baxter of Brace bridge told the Jury the Infant was dead when he arrived at the hospital early Dec 29 Cause of death was pneumonia affecting both lungs he said WJLF PATTENDEN He led e new school term opens In September Most categories of teach teachers � ers have been given a salary increase of 150 a year the equivalent of 15 a month For example a fully qualified elementary school teacher with three years ex experience � perience will be paid 4875 a year compared with 4775 under the 19C3 agreement An elementary teacher with three years experience and who is on the ED scale le celves 4475 comparedwlth 4325 which was paid last year A fully - qualified second secondary � ary school teacher going Into his first year of teaching will be paid 5600 com compared � pared with the 5450 he would have received under the former agreement The secondary teacher schedule goes all the way to 8700 a year for a fully qualified instructor with 13 years experience The only portion of the salary schedule which has not been significantly changed Is that dealing with administrative allowances Principals of olementary schools receive allowances ranging from 310 to 1240 a year depending on the number of teachers Princi Principals � pals of Junior and senior sec secondary � ondary schools also are paid allowances based on the number of teachers itizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 1964 100000 MONTLY UP IN SMOKE HERE Some 90000 to 100000 goes up in smoke every month in Prince George area That is cigarette vending machine supplier Tom Mybros estimate of the monthly expenditure by area residents for cigarettes cigars and pipe tobacco A survey of Prince George tobacco dealers shows sales have recovered from the effect of the US health report on smoking and are now on the increase A US report in January labelled smoking a healthi hazard It claimed cigarettes are the most dangerous to smoke Health authorities study river pollution level Public health Inspectors will start measuring pollution levels In the Nechako and Fraser rivers on April 15 Hugh Bell of the Northern Interior Health Unit said Tues Tuesday � day the samples will be taken from the Nechako at the new Nechako bridge the Fraser at the Pacific Great EasternRail way bridge and below the con fluence of the Fraser and Cheap drugs for addicts VANCOUVER CP Coroner Glen McDonald of Vancouver says he favors provision of drugs at cost to addicts Such a program he said last night would save the city more than 300000 a day Dr McDonald said drug users cost the city more than 300 000 dally Nechako at the new Fraser Bridge near South Fort George He said It Is part of a pro program � gram to start setting control levels for pollution The measurements taken will help the public health authori authorities � ties decide the extent to which the Prince George Pulp and Paper Mills affluent should contaminate the rivers The samples will reveal the extent to which the Fraser and Nechako are contaminated as well as the level of contamin contamination � ation after the Fraser and Ne Nechako � chako Join Mr Bell said the samples will be taken at both high water and low water levels Meanwhile the provincial public health laboratory at Van Vancouver � couver is being equipped to evaluate air samples for pol pollutants � lutants Two additional staff members have been hired TWO UNSEATED IN VOTE Two unheralded candidates upset the form chart In elec elections � tions at the Prince George and District Regional ilos -pltal Society Annual meeting Tuesday After accepting on-the-spot nominations from indi individual � vidual members Steven llardlnge and George Mac Andrew went on to unseat incumbent trustees Jack Grieve and Hans Roine The latter pair had been recom recommended � mended for re election by a nominating committee Mr llardlnge and Mr MacAndrew were two of four trustees elected to the 10 member boaid Board member Will Pat tenden was re elected and Don McKinnon was elected to the position vacated by resigning member Gordon Bryant The 138 eligible voters at the meeting In Duchess Paik Junior Secondary school pol polled � led heaviest In favor of Mi Patteiulen and Mr McKin McKinnon � non consequently they will serve tluee - jear teims Others elected will sei ve one year After the 3 14 liour meet meeting � ing attended by some 200 pei sons the boaid elected Its 1064 executive AMCE Graham was je elected chairman V C Smith was named first ylce piesldent and John Wiens was named second vlce piesldent Two meniliers fioni the societys boaid of trustees aie appointed to the six member boaid which dtiects the Prime George Regional Hospital The societys 1964 board of tmsteett now consists of C E Graham V C Smith John Wiens Wilf Iattemleu Don McKinnon Steven llar llardlnge � dlnge Geoige McAiuliew Mis J C Hanlmi G K IMcliiiioiutaiul II W Spoiling CLEAR Low 10 High 30 PhonlOaan 4 2441 Jggt5 7 copy HEALTH SERVICE CRISIS LOOMS Space limits feared Crisis may soon turn to chaos nt Prince George Regionnl Hospital the hospital society learned Inst night The theme of a dozen reports delivered to the societys annual meeting was that the 165 hed hos hospital � pital is nearing the limit of emergency accommoda accommodation � tion and will have no place to put an unprece unprecedented � dented flood of patients expected this summer Medical Staff president Dr R E Drown put it this way we face Impending medical disaster I predict that by the end of this present year our hospital will not even be able to cope with all the emergencies let alone the elective work to which our community Is entitled Ho said staff members have worked to the point of exhaus exhaustion � tion Chief of Staff Dr J M Mc Kellar said in his report All of the previously un unfinished � finished areas of the hospital have been utilized with a mod moderate � erate increase in the number of bods Further necessary in increases � creases will require a major building program Until such time the shortage of beds will become increasingly acute Nursing Director Mary Mc Gowan said Despite tho Increase in bed capacity most of the time tho wards have been more than full with beds lining the cor corridors � ridors In this situation there are no conveniences nor priv privacy � acy making it a hardship for both patients and staff Society Chairman Aid C E Graham gave an example of the overcrowding The pediatric ward was designed for 17 beds The average occupancy is 35 Up to 52 children have been In the ward at one time A crash program to build a fifth floor for pediatrics is In the planning stage A psy psychiatric � chiatric wing and another wing for acute cases is also under consideration The time Is not too far dis distant � tant when with the attendant growth of the city and district population thoughts will be dir directed � ected toward the erection of an additional hospital said Mr Graham Mr Graham told the 200 persons at the meeting In Duchess Park School he had received promises of co-operation from the provincial Gov Government � ernment Senator dies Senator Charles D Howard 80 oneoftheeasterntownshlps most colorful political figures died today at his home here kt r mmjm - j i fFMBM W MiMlJlffWPs PHP Firemen hack the blazes out of a burning dryer at Norman M Smith planer mill on River Road Tuesday They tore open the roof and Teacher salary boosts will cost 40 thousand Teacher salaries will In Increase � crease an average of 150 a year under a contract to be signed soon by Prince George School Board and the local teachers association The Increases detailed In an agreement which was negotiated by the Prince George District Teachers Association and School Dis trict 57 apply to most cate categories � gories of Instructors and total 40000 Provision was made for Increases In the 10C4 school board budget which has 1 800000 earmarked for teacher salaries There are 312 teachers employed In the district and an additional 30 will be needed when the Witness tells US court of alibi arrangements walls of an air shaft in time to extiguish the blaze which threatened the lumber loaded kiln Damage was slight Vern Lacey photo More staff needed Public health services in Northern BC may have to be reduced unless more nursing and inspection staff is brought into the area It will be Impossible for the current staff of public health inspectors and nurses to handle all the necessary services for a population increase of at least 4000 which is expected this summer There has been no Indication that additional staff will be available in the unit We will have to take a long look at priorities said a source indicating that the Items at the bottom of the list pos possibly � sibly school health services may have to be dropped However the list of priori priorities � ties has yet to be drawn up and no one is certain what will be at the bottom of it The Northern Interior Health Unit which has Its head office at Prince George and main maintains � tains sub off ices at Burns Lake Vanderhoof and McBrlde employs a superintendent of nurses a senior nurse and about 15 public health nurses and covers and area of 30000 square miles and four school districts Also on Its staff are four public health inspectors eight clerical workers at Prince George and part time clerical help at the out-of-town offices Estimates of the Increase in the working force of that area range from 3000 to 4000 It includes developments as far away as Endako and Kennedy about 60 miles north of Prince George You cant throw that many people Into the area and ex expect � pect the same level of service said the source Most of the work done by public health nurses involves home visits In the health unit last year calls were made at 6000 homes which resulted In 11000 home services Nurses also spend a lot of time at child health confer conferences � ences providing school ser services � vices and in communicabledis--ease control A bedside service program generally used by chronic cases which need injections and dressing changes in their homes Is given in the Prince George South Fort George Cottonwood Island and Vander Vanderhoof � hoof areas Reforestation effort rapped WILLIAMS LAKE f P R G McKee deputy BC forests minister said Tuesday the pro provincial � vincial and federal governments are niggardly In allotlng funds for reforestation Both goveinments collected about 256500000 from forests In the 1962 63 fiscal year while spending only 21700000 or a mere 85 per cent of the rev revenue � enue collected he said Mr McKee who doubles as president of the Canadian Insti Institute � tute of Forestry was speaking to the Cariboo - Pacific Great Eastern Lumber Manufactur Manufacturers � ers Association HANS HOINt Ik IOt