say6ry1lcasc Wm for CARLING PILSENER BEER liiffift Thli dvrtlttmfit li not published or dliplayed by tht Liquor Control Boir or by tht Covtrnmtnt of British Columbia Vol 8No 149 V THE WORLD TODAY Shots Fired Shots were fired at four Ca Canadians � nadians of the UN Cyprus force narrowly missing their jeep a UN spokesman said today The Jeep carrying a Canadian of officer � ficer and three men was fired upon apparently by both Greek -and Turklsh Cyprlots Thursday afternoon northwest of the Ni Nicosia � cosia suburb of Gyoneli the spokesman said V P Job Open President Johnsons sweep sweeping � ing knockout of Attorney General Robert F Kennedy and other from the lineup of vice presidential possibilities focus focused � ed speculation today on Min Minnesotas � nesotas Senators Hubert H Humphrey or Eugene J Mc McCarthy � Carthy as his probable choice for a running mate In an un unprecedented � precedented action Thursday the president eliminated nearly all the major posslbllites for the No 2 spot including the at attorney � torney - general Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver and Defence Secretary Robert S McNamara Pay Tribute The Commons today paid tri tribute � bute to Sir Winston Churchill for his service to freedom and free men everywhere Prime Minister Pearson said Britain the Commonwealth and the free world will remain for forever � ever in debt to the 89-year-old elder statesman More Alive There is renewed hope that 11 miners instead of nine have survived for four days follow following � ing a cave in at a French lime limestone � stone mine near Chamnagnole Fourteen miners were trapped A series of taps were heard today In an area of the col collapsed � lapsed mine some distance from the spot where nine miners def definitely � initely are know to be alive Rescue workers say they are convinced the sounds came from someone alive perhaps in injured � jured Big Haul Bank robbers made off today with almost 92000 in cash after holding a half dozen employees at gunpoint and exchanging a dozen shots with Montreal police The robbers were armed with automatic pistols and entered the north end Montreal bank brand by smashing the window with a piece of lead pipe Launch Rockets The Soviet Union has announc announced � ed that rockets will be launch launched � ed In two areas of the Central Pacific in a five month space program beginning August 4 next Tuesday Big Harvest Pravada the Soviet Com Communist � munist party organ today pub published � lished optimistic forecasts of the biggest grain harvest in the history of the virgin lands Favorable reports from other parts of the country indicated the nations farmers were off to a good start toward their goal of 172000000 tons Last years poor grain hervest es timated at about 120000000 tons forced the government to purchase more than 12000 000 tons in the West CPA lias come up with an t added inducement to hurry-on-down to the fall fair grounds August 12 The first 115 paid adult admissions that day to the Simon Fraser celebra celebrations � tions will get a bonus for their money a free sight seeing trip aboard a Super DCCB over the city The tickets must be bought after 3 pm when the parades over City chamber of com- merce Is discussing pros and cons of moving Its Tirst and George office building to Central As it contains the tour 1st informaton -centre mem members � bers feel it ougtit to be located out on the bypass where most visitors will see it INDEX Betty Conner ------ S Teen Page ------- 0 Church notices ------ 8 Claslfled ----- 12 13 14 Comics --------- 4 Coming events 5 Editorial - 2 Fishing m r 8 Here and there - - 5 Markets 3 Sports 7 8 TV - 3 HEROINE KILLED IN BLAZE Pearson Commons Tribute OTTAWA CP - Mrs Addie McCormick a 64-year-old widow lost her life Thursday when she stayed at her telephone switchboard to warn guests of a fire that swept through the fashionable 300 room Beacon Arms Hotel Prime Minister Pearson paid tribute in the Commons to Mrs McCormick Mr Pearson said he was sure the Commons would want to recognize this act of courage and sacrifice Her son Donald was one of the firemen who fought the blaze in the 12 storey downtown Albert Street hotel that took two other lives and injured at least 17 Many of the 130 people be believed � lieved In the building at the time escaped down aerial fire truck ladders or crossed a cat walk high above the pavement Into a next door office building The fire cause of which still Is undetermined broke out in a basement washroom Flames and smoke shot up the stairwell and elevator shaft trapping guests on upper floors Unofficial estimates say re repairs � pairs may cost up to 1000000 Hundreds of people lined Al Albert � bert Street four blocks below Parliament Hill as firemen ef effected � fected spectacular rescues of guests and employees trapped In rooms and clinging to ledges Inside Mrs McCormick a Bell Telephone Company super supervisor � visor for more than 20 years before she came to the hotel In 1958 was making calls to rooms on the upper floors from her switchboard off the lobby Her body was found lying on the floor beside the switchboard All of the jacks were plugged In indicating she was still try trying � ing to make calls when over overcome � come by the smoke Mayor Charlotte Whltton who left a board of control meeting to hurry to the scene said This woman undoubtedly saved many lives through her refusal to leave her post I think it was one of the most heroic acts I have ever encountered High Rise Block Set Plans for a 90 sulte 1 mil million � lion apartment block at Fif Fifteenth � teenth Ave and Queensway St aro going ahead J A MacDonald architect said in an interview at Edmon Edmonton � ton that the building announced earlier this year will start immediately The DO sulte unit was the first of two high - rise apartments proposed by the developers in the Queensway area There has been no firm word on how plans are progressing for the second block Shortly after Thursdays bridge 1 picture was pub published � lished our photographer received a call from a quavery voiced obviously elderly lady Is there any law pre venting you from publishing a picture of the front of a top less bathing suite she demanded No our man replied just the bor borderline � derline along which good taste and decency tip toe The elderly lady replied Well then why did you chicken out Our man was so flabbergasted he couldnt find a reply Remember the item about A the little Robin with the broken wing that needed a new home young Jack Clapperton former owner re received � ceived 23 telephone calls offer offering � ing board and room for the songbird after the item appear appeared � ed here Total rainfall at the local 9 airport to 11 a in today Is 4 04 inches making it the fourth wettest July on record and with overcast skies likely to tie with the third wettest July Highest July precipitation was 908 Inches in 1932 Average precipitation for the month is 2P3 Xe Citizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia POLICE BEAT PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY JULY 31 1964 HHHHHK I W S--SN3 Mrftf Repairs Stalled Four Months Stealing a carburetor to re repair � pair their car put two Prince George men in jail today Gordon Alnsworth and Robert Scorglo pleaded guilty to steal stealing � ing carburetors from parked cars at B am July 23 after their own car stalled Magistrate GOStewart handed out two concurrent four month sentences to Scorgle and two three - month concurrent sentences to Alnsworth In addition Alnsworth will serve 12 months definite and nine months Indefinite for breaking parole before he starts his term for theft Alnsworth was on probation from a breaking entering and Seek Action On Bypass A petition calling for better traffic control and pedestrian safety at the Fifth Ave and Dypass Highway intersection today was sent to Attorney General Robert Bonner Copies of the petition signed by 5C5 residents of the area surrounding the Intersection also were sent to Ray Willlston MLA for Tort George and High Highways � ways Minister P A Gaglardl The petition asks tho provin provincial � cial government to take Im Immediate � mediate steps to alleviate the traffic control and pedestrian safety problem at the inter intersection � section Municipal Manager Arran Thomson said he hoped the traffic controls would be initi initiated � ated before the opening of school and the new shopping centre in the area early In September Signatures for the petition were obtained In a one night blitz Thursday evening QUEENS VISIT theft at Roses Ice Cream in early July John Phee 60 was sentenced Den Glnter Construction Co Ltd of Prince George has start started � ed a huge excavation Job at the site of the new Northwood pulp mill In the Traser Tlats area Northwood Thursday an announced � nounced awarding of the con contract � tract to Glnter which will have to move 1000000 cu yds of earth and gravel before Christ Christmas � mas The 625-ton-a-day mill Is scheduled to go Into produc production � tion by mid 19C6 It is a joint venture of Noranda Mines and Mead Corp the giant US paper manufacturer Tho Glnter contract involves excavating tho foundation for the main process building grading the mlllslte and com compacting � pacting backfill for tho founda foundation � tion This phase is expected to be completed by early October said a spokesman for North wood Excavation will Involve 000- I I SHOWERS Low 43 UlchCS clsm that the politicians are using the Crown for political purposes The second ingredient was tho tabling Wednesday of a report of a Judicial inquiry into irreg irregularities � ularities in crop - failure pay payments � ments In the latter days of the previous Progressive Con Conservative � servative government The report was written seven weeks earlier by Judge Harold W Pope of Moose Jaw Sask and had been in government hands for several weeks osten ostensibly � sibly while being translated into French put Liberal sources acknowl acknowledge � edge the report was tabled shortly after the government became convinced the Progres Progressive � sive Conservative opposition might really force a federal election in its campaign against the governments proposed maple leaf flag The repojt was sharply crit critical � ical of Conservative MP Jack Mcintosh Swift Current Maple Creek for piessurlngapovern inent agency to nuke crop failure payments to about 1000 li V ih i llllw W4t m - - - Area of the moon where spacecraft Ranger 7 landed today is shown by H M Bud Schurmeier project manager The area is the Sea of Clouds on the moons lighted surface and is the unknown terrain where astronauts may one day walk Ranger 7 television cameras took the first closeup pictures of this area today and transmitted them back to earth AP Photo to three months for shoplifting Phee was arrested for stealing a sleeping bag from Royal Pro Produce � duce on Third Avenue Million Yards to Move At Northwood Pulp Mill 000 cubic yards of earth and another 000000 cubic yards of gravel for the backfill and yard area Northwood officials have said they Intend wasting little time getting on the construction of tho mill uhlch will be built at Traser Tlats six miles north of Prince George Meanwhile a hearing will bo held Wednesday night Into Northwoods application to re zone its site from rural to in industrial � dustrial uses There Is expected to be little opposition to the move farmers In his Saskatchewan constituency just befoie the 10C3 election The report contained several unflattering references toprac 4ces of government apjalnted crop inspectors during the pre previous � vious Conservative administra administration � tion Judge Pope found irreg irregularities � ularities and over payments in the Swift Current area The tabling was followed by a fair amount of discussion in po political � litical circles of whether the Liberals should take any action against Mr Mcintosh who la labelled � belled the report as politically slanted by a foimei defeated Liberal candidate There weje some Liberals who felt a Commons committee might try to establish Just how widespread were the practices of which Judge Pope was crit critical � ical This would give the Libeials as targets Mr Mcintosh and for former � mer Conservative Agriculture Minister Alvlu Hamilton And an inquiry would relate to that area of the country where the Conservatives draw most of Phone LOgan 4 2441 Woodworkers May Settle On Weekend Doth sides of the Northern Interior woodworkers dispute this weekend will announce IX they accept or reject a concili conciliation � ation officers settlement form formula � ula Tred Glaum president of the Northern Interior Lumbermens Association said today a gen general � eral meeting tonight will vote on the question The NILAs executive and la labor � bor committee has recommend recommended � ed E P Fishers proposals be accepted The International Woodwork Woodworkers � ers of Americas unions policy committees also have suggested the report be accepted by mem members � bers Meanwhile Ron Tweedle fin financial � ancial secretary of the IWA in Prince George denied a Van Vancouver � couver report that union of officials � ficials say members have ac accepted � cepted the conciliation proposal Members have been voting on tho question this week Mr Tweedle said the ballots will be counted and the decision of the members announced Saturday morning While there are approximate approximately � ly 2500 woodworkers who work for NILA members the wage agreement sets the standard for most of the industry which employs close to 6000 men in the Prince George area RAIN ONCE AGAIN DELAYS BYPASS HIGHWAY OPENING As the highways department and contractors feared rain once again has delayed opening of the new bypass road Ben Ginter Construction Co today hoped to put the finishing touches to the highway which will divert traffic around Prince George from the Hart and Cari Cariboo � boo Highways If all went well the Department of Highways would have been able to paint the white lines soon after the paving was laid and get final approval from Victoria for opening the throughway However the rain which started Thursday night has held up work and it wont be until early next week that cars will be able to try out the road SLOWS TALK o Vote Seen Before December Dy KEN KELLY OTTAWA CP The govern government � ment has mixed two new in ingredients � gredients into the confused but potentially - explosive political situation In Parliament One was the announcement Thuisday that the Queen will add a three day visit to the cap capital � ital to her early October visit to Charlottetown and Quebec City The Queen and Prince Philip will spend the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend in Ottawa Informants said the Queen might be asked to ojen a fall session of Parliament If one is held Ihe Immediate effect was to put a brake on talk of a federal election before December Political Informants say this wasnt a calculated step but they hope nevertheless tho op opposition � position will give up any plans they may have of trying to force a fall general election It has become standard prac practice � tice in Canada to avoid election campaigns during a sovereigns visit eo as not to raise the critl- their strength the grain growing Prairie provinces Whether the talk was to be followed up by action remained temporarily up in tho air Dut a number of Liberals figure the possibilities will have a dis discouraging � couraging effect on Conserva Conservative � tive efforts to keep Parliament In continuous session until Christmas without a summer break And of course if any political advantage could be gained from what the Pope inquiry disclosed there was always a later time at which to exploit it Dlunt spoken Jack Mcintosh slashed back In the Commons at Judge Pope The member said Judge Popo Is a Liberal supporter wlia sup suppressed � pressed evidence and who should be Impeached from the bench He charged the judge with ne neglecting � glecting to call a key witness and making misleading pio Llberal and milt leal state statements � ments in his report Mr Mcintoshs speech was punctuated by cries of slump from Liberal benches say 11 please IsJflLI or WRUNG PILSENER BEER WH Thli Idvortlttmtnt li not published or displayed by tho Liquor Control Board or by tho Government Of British Columbia Cameras were turned on at 607 am as the vehicle streak streaked � ed during its final minutes of life toward a crash landing in the moons Sea of Clouds We have good pictures Ranger project manager Harris M Schurmelr announced to a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory The light level was good and video signals were good and the first quick prints made from film exposed by Alsngla trans transmitted � mitted from Ranger 7 look ex exceptionally � ceptionally good I think thepubllcwlllbeable to distinguish quite a few de details � tails when the pictures are re released � leased If the pictures are sharply contrasted with light and shadow we ought to be able to see something the size of a few metres The last shots he added were taken a fraction of a second be before � fore impact and would cover an area of about 60 square feet The Soviets Lunik III photo photographed � graphed the back side of the moon ftom 40000 miles away in 1959 closest pictures until today Ranger 7 smashed into the Sea of Clouds just below the equator on the left side of the moon s lighted portion right on schedule at 625 am It is in such an area that astronauts may land in a few years A spokesman said there was no interruption during the en entire � tire transmission as the 806 pound Insect shaped spacecraft steaked toward the moon at 5800 miles an hour Tracking experts said the straight line distance to the moon at the time of impact was 228686 miles Rangers path to the moon was curved and It took 67 hours 35 minutes to make the 243665 mlle flight Ranger 7 was launched Tues Tuesday � day morning from Cape Ken Kennedy � nedy Fla It was the first success in a 200000000 lunar investiga investigation � tion program that has seen 12 straight shots go awry 10c Copy ROCKET MEN MOONSTRUCK WITH SUCCESS PASADENA Calif AP - Ranger 7 made a his historic � toric crash landing on the moon today after all six of its television cameras transmitted the first close up pic pictures � tures of unknown terrain where astronauts some day may tread A great cheer went up from scientists and reporters as assembled � sembled at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory which made the guided Ranger at word of com completion � pletion of the mission BIG CITY FORECAST HUDSON HOPE CP Prem Premier � ier Dennett says industrial growth in the wake of the vast Peace River hydro develop developments � ments will cause Prince Georges population to zoom and eventually surpass that of Edmonton Mr Dennett made the com comment � ment Thursday during a visit to the power complex near Portage Mountain to push a button and start in motion a three mile conveyor system believed the worlds long longest � est The huge belt will carry gravel fill to the site of the 73000000 Peace River dam project Prince George will be larger than the city of Ed Edmonton � monton in not many years he said The premier said the power developments will contribute to growth of pulp and paper cement and chem chemical � ical industries B fju K Yak vSII Acrobs North America and back on a motorbike is the object of Aubtiiun touiist John Haierleiu The letiiixl milt under landed at Not folk Va and worked his way up the Kust Coast to Montieal then tuiob the US and Canada to Heguia Kdmoutou and Dawson Cieek In a couple of days he leases lieu foi New Mexico back to iiu ur ruM uoasi men nonu icon rujihnwa rnoio I I