JZ Thlt idvertliament li not publlthd or display by Ihi Liquor Control Board or by tht Governmtnt ol British Columbia Vol 8 No 72 THE WORLD TODAY Major Virgil Grisson and Lieutenant - Commander John Young have been selected to make the first manned flight in the US two man spaceship in the Gemini program Their selection was announced In Houston for the three - orbit flight expected to be made late this year The back - up crew for the flight will be Commander Walter Schlrra and Captain Thomas Stafford Of the four selected by the manned space spacecraft � craft centre only Schtrra has made an orbital flight Strangler again Police in the Boston area have another unsolved strangling on their hands Mrs Goldle Fine C3 was found dead this morning in her home in Norwood a residential community 10 miles southeast of Boston She had been strangl strangled � ed with her own nylon stocking Hers is the twelveth unsolved strangling of women in eastern Massachusetts in the last two years Police said several other stockings were found on the floor near the fully - clothed body which was sprawled on a bed The victims husband a dry cleaning business operator went to work two hours before the body was found at 8 am Doctors relent The government announced today about 94 doctors in the Mechelen area midway between Brussels and Antwerp have ended their strike The possible dent in the united front of Belgiums 12000 strik striking � ing physicians and dentists came after the government Sunday ordered the mobilization of army reserve doctors for emer- wa gency duty In civilian hospitals The defence ministry an- nounced 2172 of the 3600 doc doctors � tors affected reported to their military units One fatality A weekend of fierce fighting in South Viet Nam left one Am American � erican soldier dead and 11 others injured US military authorities reported today More than 100 South Vietnamese casualties were reported A crew member of a US Army helicopter was killed by Communist groundfire Sunday while it was carrying South Vietnamese troops during a bat battle � tle in Chuong Thien province near the southern tip of Viet Nam 140 miles from Saigon The soldier was the 131st American killed in combat in Viet Nam Quake panic An earthquake hit the city of Szekszard in southern Hungary today damaging manybuildlngs and causing panic among the population of 50000 Radio Budapest reported There were no reports on casualties Eric Mallett director of public relations for j y BC Telephone Co ex- jij plained the role the v company plays in North ij Americas defence sys- tern at the first annual jij meeting of the Central BC Chambers of Com- merce during the week- jj end Complete coverage of the meeting held at Fort St James appears on page 8 of todays Citizen 8 k Citizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia i Intern rule blamed in doctor shortage A rule enforced by the BC College of Physicians and Sur Surgeons � geons has created a serious shortage of doctors in Central BC The Central BC Chamber of Commerce at Its first annual meeting In Fort St James made the claim In a resolution which will be sent to the pro provincial � vincial government Delegates said the College requires any doctor coming to BC to spend one year In Internship before he takes up his own practise Because of this many well trained doctors are discouraged from coming to the province The rule forces a financial and moral hardship on new doctors said the resolution BARGAIN BID RATES The delegates said the clause Imposed by tha J3C College Is detrimental and suggested the government draw a line dividing the Central and North Northern � ern regions from Southern BC where the doctor shortage Is not as serious as it is in the north The Chambers suggest that doctors working in the northern or central district of the prov province � ince not require a years intern internship � ship One of the delegates to the meeting said at least 21 new doctors are needed to adequate adequately � ly serve communities between Prince Rupert and Quesnel On the Lower Mainland there is a doctor for each 800 population while in some parts of Central BC the ration Is one to 3000 Timber clearing price low but waters will be high The forthcoming sale of tim timber � ber rights in Finlay area could be called a big league bargain at a bush league price By Central Interior standards Now hear this Premier Bennett has promts- pay cheques following govern governed � ed a cabinet meeting will be ment approval of raises total held at Fort St James to com- ling 200000 for vocational memorato the opening of the school salaries across the PGE extension to that town province And the citizens aro looking A prince George housewife forward to the occasslon hop- has cleaned the pork chops out lng der preem and his minis- of her deep freeze and turned ters will meet In the old Hud- It Into a hostel for millions of sons Bay store possibly deck- live polio virus Eccentric No ed out in their top hats and just a public health nurse doing tails In the great tradition of a job She Is storing 10100 the old days doses of Sabln oral polio vac No its Bill Lopaschuk whos cine which will bo dlstrlcuted manager of the Prince George throughout the district during base of Pacific Western Air- the Northern Interior Health lines This title Incorrectly was Unit polio clinic April 22 to given to Ron Hlldo whos PWAs May 2 In the meantime the has agent in town And speaking of probably the most valuable airlines Merv Hesse men- deep - freeze In Prince George tlons that Noilhern Mountain Is The vials of serum are worth really going after the tourist some 2000 business this summer and is Knox Choir has been advised getting a G rum an Goose to fly that the BC winner In the re fishermen to noi thorn lakes cent competition for church Merv wasnt feeling well during choirs was the Bethel Choir the weekend but hes back on from Abbotsford This choir his feet now will be featured with winners Good news came from Vic- from the other four contest toria this weekend for staff of areas In an hour long broad the vocational school In Prince cast over the CBC beginning at George Theyll all get bigger 8 pm today Tho top Cana dlan church choir will bo seloct TXTr iJNDliA ed from this bioadcast and will Betty Conner 9 receive the first Leslie Bell Classified 10 11 Memorial Award Comics -- ---- 8 Congrats to Quesnel TheCa- Comlng events 0 naUlan Safet Council has made District -------- 2 an awwd to t1J town or l0t Editorial rr 7 having a single fatal auto accl Markets 3 dent last year There weroonly Sports 4 s 4 0 seven cities In Western Canada TV 2 who could match Quesnels rec- oni the 17535000 cubic feet to be auctioned in Prince George May 1 is nearly a record volume Only a 19C0 sale of 24111000 cubic feet In the Parsnip River area is larger However the upset price minimum bid acceptable of 20 cents per 100 cubic feet is strictly small time The upset price of the Parsnip River sale was 250 The minimum price of the Finlay timber rights will be 35070 and bidding could take it higher Bidding went to 0 per hundred for the Parsnip sale and the winning price was 1385900 The reason for the price discrepancy is that the Finlay sale will be salvage timber The land where the timber now stands will soon be flooded by water backed up by the Hudson Hope dam Whoever wins tho timber rJghts will have to move most of tho lumber out within two years Each day will be a race between the loggers and the rising waters The nature of the sale will also mean tlieio Is no perpetual yield The land will be cut only onco then loggers will have to move out Consequently the upset price is kept low so the lumbermen will not lose money on the cost of mills roads and operation Due to the low upset price a 50 per cent deposit on the 35070 will be required and a 10 er cent deposit will bo re required � quired on all bids exceeding tho upset price Normally a 10 per cont deposit Is lequlted on timber rights bids Bids may be soaled lender submitted by PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COtUMBIA MONDAY APRIL 13 1964 Dezell scheme draws criticism By JOHN MATTERS Citizen Staff Writer FORT ST JAMES Staff - If Prince George builds a model of our fort every airplane-owner in this town will dive bomb it They have no right to capitalize on our fort Doesnt Prince George have anything of its own of historical interest And so went the reaction here last weekend to Mayor Garvin Dezells idea to build a model of the orig original � inal Fort St James fort on the top of Connaught Hill Mr Dezell feels it would be a wonderful tourist attraction serving as both a tea room and observation from which visi visitors � tors could see most of Prince Geqrge Mrs Ernie Robin secretary of the Fort St James Histori Historical � cal Society said her group has been thinking of restoring the original fort for some time And then this thing comes along Do the people of Prince George think we have no Interest In our history Im sure Granny Seymour would approve of keeping the fort here rather than building one at Prince George said Mrs Robin referring to a pic picture � ture of Mr Dezell and Mrs Seymour taken after they had gone over the plans Mrs nobln said she intended to remain calm but the whole town of 2500 is up in arms about it Cyril Shelford Social Credit MLA for Omlneca Is on the side of his constituents in this battle Theres no valid reason for Prince George thinking It should reconstruct It he said I cant think of a government either federal or provincial which would make a grant for re bullding this fort miles from Us original site Mr Shelford who played the role of Gov George Simpson in a historical pageant at Fort St James last year said re rebuilding � building the fort in the town would do more good for BCs tourist Industry than if it was built at Prince George Mrs Lillian Carnell chairr man of Fort St James village commissioners said Prince George should find something in Its own history worth com memorptlng I dont think Mayor Dezell has a good Idea Machine shop owner Russ Hallock who threatened the dive bombing expedition also offered Prince George another warning Im sure that If you steal the idea of a fort people from Fort St James will boycott your city forever Low 28 - High 56 IF H HKv W m MAGISTHATi STEWART Phone LOgan 4 2441 Fort St James up in arms say mm w vL Wmmm S 7c copy CARLING BLACK LABEL BEER Thll adyertltemont li not publlihad or dliplayed by tha Liquor Control Board or by tha Government ot Britlth Columbia LEAVE OUR FORT ALONE MONUMENT TO US ALL Prince George isnt stealing anyones thunder Mayor Gar Garvin � vin Dezell said today The whole idea of a model of the original Fort St James fort is to build a monument to the history of Central BC he said The model on Connaught Hill will recognize the fact that all of us had a part in the development of this area he said Beside that they cant stop us putting whatever we want on top of the hill r MH -J MMMMl M fc wzf 5Ll 1 vm imBMmmtmSSiSlmA - M SiW K Mm JM W5 -nftnrr mill f in flBMi MJte i MMMy 1 rSxjLtxSL HMRlslssBffW - J M m Mm jfviJsSHBSmSSSSUBmmiS PliiaKtrirtiilfiiTiiiMwiw 11 Ir- w- girti n 11 m iMI r fat t flhi V t - ffr i 1 iTfTlVni WKx Three get serious injuries in weekend auto collisions A two car collision Saturday that sent three persons to hos hospital � pital with serious injuries topped a weekend of city car crashes NOT MEMBERS A spokesman for Cattermole Tretheway said the company wanted the men for work but he could not enter Into a public argument on the subject The business agent of the engineers union could not be reached for comment One of the men said he has been working for the company as a machine operator on right-of-way clearing for the last three years When one section of the clear clearing � ing contract shut down In Dec December � ember he worked for a Catter Cattermole � mole timber flim from January to March then wanted to return to operating VANCOUVER CP - Tho British Columbia Court of Appeal has suggested that Attorney General Bonner investigate tho highly Ir Irregular � regular proceedings bo foro a Prince Geoige magis magistrate � trate The court said Friday Magistrate G O Stewait permitted or encouraged the crown to use tho criminal courts to recover civil debts The remaiks wero made in quashing a sentence of three years for theft im imposed � posed by Magistrate Stewart on Prince Georgo account accountant � ant Karl Jackem oil Jackiinoll was given a two - year suspended sen sentence � tence and was ordeiodtoro turn tu prince Goo i go im Two cars were totally wreck wrecked � ed at 940 pm Saturday at 15th and Central The collision sent Mrs Flor Florence � ence Clifford 45 her daugh- Workers claim union rule throws them out of Jobs Charges have been levelled by eight former employees of Cat termole - Tretheway clearing contractors for the BC Hydro Authority that they have been forced out of their Jobs by the Operating Engineers Union The men said they have been asked to report to work for Cat termole - Trethway and when they arrived at the work site they were told by a union rep representative � resentative that they could not be hired Cattermole - Tretheway is widening a power line right-of-way from Hlxon to a point 35 miles north of Prince George The men said they offered to Join the union but were told this was not possible as longas there were union members un unemployed � employed They said they were told by the business agent that union men would be put on the Job If they had to be brought from Kamloops or Vancouver The men long time employees of Cattermde - Tretheway said they feel they should not be thrown out of work because the union has gained bargaining rights on this section of the power lines They live in the Prince George and Quesnel areas Company wants them but On April 1 he said the com company � pany telephoned him to return to the Job I went to the Salmon River camp and the union represent representative � ative told me I couldnt work because I was not a member of the union ho said I put in an application but he wouldnt accept it because he said there were too many members of the union unem unemployed � ployed now the worker claim claimed � ed They the company trained me for three years and tliey want mo and now tho union is bringing In men with no ex experience � perience the man said mediately to find employ employment � ment and to post a 500 peace bond for tho duration of his sentence A 4300 jestltutlon or order � der against him was with withdrawn � drawn The couit had been told that Jackenroll had plead pleaded � ed guilty of theft of 11000 from two companies which employed hint as an ac accountant � countant He was ordered to make restitution hen he was given a suspended sentence in July 1903 The three year Jail term was iuqKised in Januaiy when he failed to make lestltution Wilfred JJcfferiian Juck eni oils lawyer said tho inaglstiato was advised A ter Beverly 18 and Marvin Moore to Prince George Regional Hospital Mrs Clifford suffered broken kneecaps severe lacerations and possible concussion She was the driver of one of the autos Miss Clifford received facial lacerations when her head went through the windshield Moore a passenger In the other car suffered broken kneecaps The other car was owned by Rudy Plante The driver is not known Police said the accident occurred when one car travel travelling � ling south on Central attempt attempted � ed to turn onto 15th and col collided � lided with the other A charge of falling to yield the right of way has been laid against James Victor OCon OConnor � nor after his car collided with a car driven by Abram Wiebe at the intersection of Second and Quebec at 915 pm Fri Friday � day Wlebes car received 500 damage and OConnors 400 A similar charge has been laid against Phillip T Schlitt of the Blackburn road after his car collided with a car driven by Donald McGown at Tenth and Edmonton at 1 pm Fri Friday � day Damage to McGowns car amounted to 300 and to Schltts 200 Arthur Hoard has been charg charged � ed with being over the centre line after an accident which sent Foon Chung Fong to hos hospital � pital with multiple bruises The accident at Third and George at midnight Friday did 400 damage to Hoards car No estimate was given on Fongs auto A rear end collision at Fifth and George at noon Sunday caus caused � ed C00 damage to a car driv driven � en by Helen Poulin and 300 to one driven by Kurt Vock Vock was stopped at a sign and was hit from behind GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE JACKENROLL TRIAL PROCEEDINGS at the time there was a civil action pending for re recovery � covery of the money This couit is satisfied that proceedings in tho Prince Geoige court were so highly irregular that they cannot be condoned Mr Justice H I nird said This couit does not want to leave this case without calling special attention to the fact that the learned Judge has pounlttixl or as Mr Justice Norris pointed out has encoutaged the Crown to inako uto of tho ciiiuliul rouits for tho pur purpose � pose of recovering a civil debt Magistrate Stewart said this morning he lias no com comment � ment on tho decision fK frf - RCMP officers measure the skid marks between two cars involved in a head on collision at 15th and Central Saturday night Three persons were sent to hospital with broken knees lacerations and possible concussions Both cars are total wrecks Pete Miller Photo A strike says who and why Prince George union and lum lumber � ber company spokesmen today laughed at a report that com companies � panies are stockpiling timber In fear of a loggers strike One said the statement of a Victoria Forest Service spokesman that strike fears are a reason for the large tim timber � ber cut this year is damn stupid The statement coincided with a meeting of the International Woodworkers of America In Prince George which adopted 35 resolutions in preparation for negotiations when the pres present � ent IWA contract expires August 31 The Forest Service spokes spokesman � man said Friday the industry in the Interior and North cut logs at a record rate in the first two months of 1964 and the service was advised fear of a strike was a contributing factor The Prince George spokes spokesmen � men said the only reason for the large cut was the excellence of the logging weather There Is no truth to the statement at all said R M Tweedie financial secretary of IWA Local 1 424 We havent even started ne negotiating � gotiating yet How can anyone be thinking of a strike R J Gallagher manager of tho Northern Interior Lumber Lumbermens � mens Association said All tho logs stockpiled will be cut and shipped before the present agreement expires so talk of a stockpile is nonsense Resolutions adopted by the 49 IWA delegates will bo sub submitted � mitted to the Intel lor Wage and Contract Confeience in Kel owna May 8 and 9 Victoria school hit by bomb VICTORIA CP - Police to today � day Investigated leports that a bomb went off in the Eliza Elizabeth � beth risher Junior Secondary School in Langford near Vic tojia First reports Indicated the explosion took place In a wash washroom � room and Iheie may have betii heavy d image