for CARLING PILSENER BEER Wfl Thli advrtlttnenl li not published or dliplayod by tho Liquor Control Boird or by tho Covtrnmont of British Columbia Vol 8 No 107 THE WORLD TODAY m India PM named Indias ruling Congress party elected mild - mannered Lai Bahadur Shastrl by acclamation today to succeed the late Jawa harlal Nehru as prime minister of India He pledged to work for Nehrus goal of a united social socialist � ist India Socialism isourobjectlve Shastrl said shortly after Con Congress � gress party members of Parlla ment named him their leader a designation which automatically carried nomination as prime minister Dut Shastrl was not expected to be sworn in until June 9 but of deference to the 12 day period of mourning forNehruwhodled last Wednesday at the ageof74 More typhoid The Scottish city of Aberdeen braced today for a possible third wave in its typhoid epl demic Already 224 persons have been stricken and one woman has died Another 17 suspected cases are in crowded hospitals and now reports of infection are turning up In other parts of the country The original outbreak in this seaside city of 180000 was blamed on a can of defective corned beef sold In a super supermarket � market But government sources said there was no proof yet that con tlmlnated corned beef from gov government � ernment stocks or elsewhere had touched off the Aberdeen epidemic Rare operation A seven-year-old Australian girl has undergone a startling g heart operation in Sydney The girl BrinwynPascbe was born with a defective thoractlc aorta the main artery that carries blood from the hearts Two months ago in a five hour operation a major section of her heart was replaced by an identical portion from tho heart of a dead girl Doctors now re report � port Brinwyn is out of danger She was discharged from hos hospital � pital last Friday night Donate then die Cuban exiles in Miami say the condemned prisoners In Cuba are forced to contribute to a blood bank before they are shot Anti Castro organizations have lodged protests with inter international � national organizations the Or Organization � ganization of American States and the International Jurists Commission in Geneva The exiles say two 10-year-old Cu Cubans � bans were forced to donate blood then executed Quadruplets Quadruplets have been born to a woman In Brooklyn New York The 30-year-old mother is Maria Peloro She and the three girls and a boy all are reported doing fine SHOWERS iiUU Low 45 - High 75- Two Manitoba men picked the wrong customers when they sold a stolen two way radio Frederick Peter Matychuck and Ronald Voroschuck two young loggers of no fixed ad address � dress pleaded guilty In city RCMP court to possession of stolen goods The eager buyers were two RCMP officers in plainclothes who paid out 40 then arrest arrested � ed the pair Worth 740 the radio had been taken from aPaciflcGreat Eastern railway speeder po police � lice said The men were remanded to June 11 for sentence Now hear this Just in case you should happen to encounter a moose calf dont let your good Samaritan instincts run away with you Moose calves are not to bo picked up even if It appears they are abandoned Call the game branch at 4 2111 Fooling around with the calves could cost you a penalty of 100 Klwanls president DON YIP called on six volun volunteers � teers at Mondays meet meeting � ing to pin corsages on the six Aurora candidates The men Gardening - INDEX Building Pago Classified - -Comics r -Coming Events Editorial Markets -- -Starts TV 12 -- 12 -1011 - 8 -- 0 -- 7 3 - 4 - 2 rose to the occasion but after viewing the finished products the president requested the mens wives to see that the gentlemen had more practice At the same do WALT WALMESLEY Introduced the chairman of the queens committee telling of her work with the candidates as well as being a lioniemaker with four small children He climaxed his remarks your master of ceremonies Miss BENE HILL Some 350 boys from 15 cub packs are expected to participate in the annual district cub rally to bo held Wednesday Jn Fort George Park The rally will bo opened promptly at 0il5 ptn by Dis District � trict Commissioner BRIAN TAlP Theme of the rally is cowboys In caso of rain the event will be moved to tho Civic Centre A lone woman driver suffer suffered � ed a broken ankle and possible concussion in a rear end col collision � lision at mile 10 on theCariboo Highway last night District RCMP said Mrs Elizabeth Maria Grcnwald of 755 Alward was driving north behind a flat deck truck that began to make a left turn Mrs Grenwalds car slam slammed � med Into the rear of the truck SERIOUS SITUATION r1Fflfl Tk e police said The late model car was described as a total wreck The truck was driven by Ten dall Hartman of Red Rock Tony Uniacke of North Burn aby is a sound sleeper Ho told city RCMP he was sleeping in his auto carrier near Hub City Motors when some somebody � body made off with two 12 foot rtfupiwg itizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY JUNE 2 1 964 nmmmKKT -bSbbbwJiA w wHk HbbH Water sheets off Highway 16two miles west of Topley west of Burns Lake are slowing traffic but not causing serious delays Rancher Wilfred Wiley looks over his fields flooded when a highway culvert could not carry all the water surging down flooding Findlay Creek Wiley 15 years in the area says the creek has never before been as high Roy Fujikawa photo kh WJzjT s 1flBYBYBEYflBflYBYBYBHYiijiiflBflBvBHLflvBYBaHflYBYBYBYBa gLfli -im gaga ISTy KrfFBBBHraSWMaM IHIIBVBVBVBVNHdllflVBVBVABVBVBVEtlinBiA i Jl V V 4BVft4sHLl The Fraser is sneaking up on the trailer court at the north end of the old Fraser River bridge The backyard of this house is already under water making hanging out the washing a bit of a problem Now floods hit Alaska FAIRBANKS Alaska ff -Flood waters swept through na native � tive villages carrying away homes and -washing Out some highways Monday following a late ice breakup on rivers Severe flooding was reported along the Kuskowlm River with two villages Sleetmute arid Red Devil nearly de destroyed � stroyed No deaths or injuries were reported Residents fled to high ground as floodwaters carrying huge chunks of Ice swept Into Sleet Sleetmute � mute about 100 miles below McGrath At least four homes were lost and many others were battered beyoiyi repair Heavy flooding and ice dam damage � age also were reported at the villages of Stoney River and Anlak Helicopters airlifted 02 resi residents � dents of Sleetmute to high ground Saturday Thieves picked the wrong customers long aluminum ramps used to load cars on the transporter Police hope to smoke out some discriminating thieves Edllbert LaLonde of Marlowe road reported he purchased an old garage at Ninth and Van Vancouver � couver for 50 On checking up he found someone had stolen a tllo lined chimney worth 10 Alberni strike continues pickets halted VANCOUVER CP - The Brit British � ish Columbia Supreme Court Monday ordered the striking office workers of the MacMlllan Bloedel and Powell River Com Companys � panys Port Alberni operations to withdraw their pickets from the companys Harmac division plant near Nanalmo The strike involving COoffice workers from the companys Port Alberni operation spread to the Harmac division early Mmday when 800 longshoremen and mill workers refused to cross a picket line set up by striking Port Alberni office em employees � ployees The office workers members of the Office Employees Inter International � national Union CLC went on strike May 19 paralyzing the giant pulpf inns Alberni opera- DONT LIKE TAX FORT WILLIAM OntIi A resolution that the sales tax be abolished will be sent to the Ontario government by the Lakehead branch of tho United Housewives of Canada The brunch said student iiotepuir is taxed while salacious litera literature � ture is not tlons and leaving 3000 men idle The union is seeking a union shop for MacMillans large clerical staff The striking wo women � men office employees seek an average Increase of 75 a month on scales ranging from 200 to 450 Tho company has offered a general f lye - per - cent increase E P ONeal secretary treasurer of the BC Federa Federation � tion of Labor said in Van Vancouver � couver Monday that an ex extremely � tremely serious situation is developing PROSPECT OF LAYOFFS FACE IWA TWO MILLS The International Wood Woodworkers � workers of America and two Prince George lumber mills are holding talks over pos slble layoffs In the aftermath of the sale of the firms An official of 1WA local 1 424 said today meetings are being held with Prince George Planing Mills Ltd and Northern Spruco Ltd following a court Judgment In Vancouver Tho Union sought an in injunction � junction to prevent tho two firms from firing employees The injunction wus dis dismissed � missed by Mr Justice J G Ruttan who said the union had established a prlmafaclo case that the men would have to be rehired In order of seniority when ho operations resumed The union official said the layoffs at Prince George Planing Mills was a normal layoff for spring mainten maintenance � ance However some enu ployees of Northern Spruce have been left Jobless he explained Prince George Planers and Northern Spruce were sold recently to Interior Spruce Mills Ltd tfVfflWrfmh Phone LOgan 4 2441 for CARLING PILSENER BEER WflA Thlt tdvortlitment It not publish or dlipliyed by th Liquor Control Board or by tho Covornmant o British Columbia ioc coy nrjsr Fraser river rise slackens slightly but threat loom The Fraser River rise slackened overnight but the ingredients of a serious flood hazard rain warm nights and sunny days returned today The river rose another nine inches but measuring devices show the rate of in increase � crease has dropped The slight reduction in river rise is attributed to decreased temperatures overnight and today The river flow Is measured in cubic feet per second at the Fraser River Bridge The in increase � crease since Monday was 6000 cubic feet per second The rise in the previous 24 hours was 7000 cubic feet per second The Fraser is now rolling along at a rate of 134000 cubic feet per second River depth at the measuring point is 2947 feet compared with 2874 feet Monday The 1948 flood level was 3474 feet A spokesman for the federal Water Resources Branch in Vancouver said the reduced rate of rise does not mean the flood threat Is over Above freezing temperatures are forecast for the mountains and fast melting of snow could push the river over Its banks Warmer weather is forecast for Wednesday Temperatures may hit 75 degrees Overnight lows are in the 40s The area in greatest danger of flooding is the trailer court near the Fraser River bridge Land around a residence be beside � side the trailer court has flooded A spokesman said arrange arrangements � ments have beenmade to trans transfer � fer tenants in case of an emer emergency � gency We dont want any panic at this stage but were ready for any developments he said The superintendent of the BC Hydro generating station said the high water will not affect operation Nor are the waters expected to affect operation of the sewer system North of Prince George a 50 foot section of thellartHlgh way near Chetwynd was washed out by run off from a hill Traffic was held up nine hours until highway crews restored one lane to traffic last night and the other today BUCK RIVER NEARS PEAK AT HOUSTON BURNS LAKE Staff - A flood threat looms over the rail and highway community of Houston 25 miles west of here Cresting waters of the Buck River which drains a huge area to the south are nearing their peak District superintendent Pat Dunn of the department of highways at Burns Lake described the threat today There would be trouble If the river rises another foot he said It is caus causing � ing concern - only now Another foot would be quite a bit in a river travel travelling � ling at the speed It does Mr Dunn said The surface of the speed speeding � ing river now Is Just a foot below levees that runthrough the community Heavy rains fell through the area again overnight It affects the town very much if it gets out of the channel Mr Dunn saldi It causes serious prob problems � lems to the railway the town and ourselves he added Traffic was halted three hours at the Highway 1G bridge In Houston last night while crews strapped the bridge with large stringer logs after a piling had been pushed aside by driftwood It Is now open to all vehicles Elsewhere the depart department � ment expects to have the secondary road from Topley to Topley Landing open Wed Wednesday � nesday night after crews build a stringer span across a washed out ap approach � proach to a Findlay Creek bridge and fill in two other washed - out bridge ap approaches � proaches New weekend train service to aid McBride shoppers The CNR will start a special train service from McBride which will give residents in eastern communities an op opportunity � portunity to shop in Prince George during the weekends J P Dateman the railways assistant superintendent of transportation said the serv service � ice which will be operated on a trial basis for four weeks is a result of requests The organizations protested after they discovered residents of communities between Mc McBride � Bride and Prince George could not make shopping trips to the city after the railway revised its schedules Mr Bateman said the train will leave McBride at G30 am PST on Saturdays and will ar arrive � rive In Prince George at 1245 pm Travellers will be able to re return � turn on trains which leave Prince George on Sunday or Monday morning m L HHV ilf MlHiiiin ii- ijH tmL I7i r 1Ktm52J -f3HHK 1 ft vrk iMk-SLi- W MlmwmE m m 1 iraBIBttilK-uiM- BBIBIBIBIBIBIBB isMnHHBBBBHBB JU Sk--iJi BriflEflBBBBF lMBBIBBMBBflBV PBBBBiBflBBBBHHBBBKlBBBT JbbT KtrBBr il VbS 1iflflHfliflfllflflr JflH liSEflBBaiflflBH P5Bl VBEBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBF BBBBJhPbkc--BBBBmf9BBBBbBBB mm II J 31 B BJKCBBBBBBBBBBBBBBy ApBBBL Bnr5MtfjMBMBMiBBBBBBBBJ M w-r- jferf BrKBBBBBBBBBBBEwiiBBBBBBSiBBBBBBi viBBBBM HT7 Jpfpy 3lMB3BBBBBBBBBBaJBBBBBBB Five moose culves like this one who is the grand old age of four days were shipped by piano this morning to the Alberta Came Farm Giving the little critter a warm sentloff were stewardess Fat Hekis and CFA manager Earl Brown The five calves were collected from this area by the HC Fish and dame Hrmuh -Miller photo