W ml v M I Thll drtlttment li not publlihad or displayed by th liquor Control Board or by tht Govarnmant ol Brltlih Columbia Vol 8 No 152 THE WORLD TODAY Mass for Clash LUSAKA CP - Premier Kenneth Kaunda today Hew to Lundazl In the Eastern Province where 2000 members of tho fanatical Lumpa church sect were reported massed for an another � other bloody clash with security forces Tuesday another 90 members of the sect were kill killed � ed in two new battles with government troops raising the official death toll since the out outbreak � break began 13 days ago to 360 Third Night JERSEY CITY N J A -A third night of trouble in the Negro section of Jersey City New Jersey occurred last night About a dozen Molotov cocktail gasoline bombs were thrown And one set fire to a building Police fired shots into the air to disperse a crowd of Negroes Hope for Miners CIIAMPAGNOLE France -Rescue workers have detected muffled sounds at a point where two entombed miners may still be alive In a collapsed lime limestone � stone mine An electronic listening device picked up the noises In a drill hole about 100 yards from where nine other miners were rescued yesterday However mine officials warn against unwarranted optimism Five miners are still missing Big Estate SAINT JOHN NB CP -His executors say Lord Beaver brooks estate has been valued at 12600000 The executors said the bulk of his estate was bequeathed to the Beaver brook Canadian Foundation a charitable organization he set up several years ago The peers will was probated at Newcastle New Brunswick his boyhood home Probe Cuts HALIFAX CP - The RCMP are Investigating what appears to be the deliberate cutting of wires aboard the destroyer escort Annapolis The ship is under construction at Halifax shipyards A company spokes spokesman � man says police were called in late last week when 16 electrical and communications cables were found cut Plane Missing MONTREAL CP - A light plane with three persons aboard is missing over north northwestern � western Quebec and the RCAT has opened a search A single englned aircraft it was last seen when it left Seneterro Quebec on a 200 mlle flight to St Jovlte 70 miles northwest of Montreal Quick OK WASHINGTON AP -Democratic and Republican leaders predict the US Congress will quickly and overwhelmingly ap approve � prove tho resolution President Johnson has requested on Viet Nam The President asked Con Congress � gress last night for a resolution backing whatever measures are necessary to defend peace and freedom In Southeast Asia CKPG next year will be Q trying out something new for live teevee broadcasts from the fall fair Theyre get getting � ting a poi table camera unit which may be rucked all over the grounds the broadcast from which will be relayed straight to the studio and sent out over the airwaves They plan on doing live shows for about two hours each day Plans for tomorrows 9 Music and Drama garden party are going ahed In spite of the weather but it will be held in the Canadian Legion Auditorium if the rain con continues � tinues Otherwise as original originally � ly planned it will be at Mrs Percy WJlllams C22 Vancou ver from 230 to 5 Everyone is welcome to attend no mat matter � ter which site becomes the final locution INDEX Classified 16 17 Comics -------18 Editorial 2 Here and There 7 Markets 3 Sport 11 TV - -13 k e e Destroyer Maddox was attacked iwice Pearson Parleys With Opposition OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Pearson said to today � day following a second private conference with Opposi Opposition � tion leader Diefenbakcr that he will meet separately later in the day with the other opposition party leaders But theres still no indlca tion whether the Progressive Conservatives will accept com compromise � promise proposals to break the parliamentary logjam Mr Dlefenbaker was asked whether prospects for a sum summer � mer recess and break in the parliamentary stalemate had improved S V VXjWt wr3gf M Hk A flaaaH aLLA uaaaaaB LESTER PEARSON confers Mud Mires Equipment The wet weather has idled about 6 million worth of heavy equipment owned by Ben Glnter Construction Co Ben Ginler president of the company said today virtually all projects which he has under con contract � tract have been stalled by the rain Some of the biggest and most urgent projects are earth and gravel - moving jobs at the site of Northwood and Prince George pulp mills Mr Glnter said grading on the Chetwynd Hudson Hope and Casslar - Stewart Highways has been delayed clearing and grad grading � ing the new Pacific Great East Eastern � ern Railway extension from Tort St James is at a minimum and work on Highway 16 cast of Prince George is almost at a standstill Prince George Chamber 0 of Commerce Thursday will be host to 48 members of the Vancouver Board of Trade wholl drop in on the city on their way back from an Arctic tour If its raining the pro gram which would have seen the guests treated to Nechako Mist atop Connaught Hill will be called off and instead the get together will be held In the basement of the Shasta Cafe The visitors will tour the city and pulp mill site during the afternoon they will be at a dinner in the evening Joe Russinan the nun who V as one of the biggest dairy herds in the Prince George area has sold 00 registered Holtelns to an American ranch er on the west line So whats Joe going to do now He hasnt made up his mind yd Some people are saying that Prince Georges accom accommodation � modation expansion is ad vanclng too quickly There was at least one visiting couple in town last night who wont agree After enquiring for almost two hours they finally had to settle for a dingy room in a third rate hotel There were no rooms in decent hotels or any motels He replied That Is a matter of opinion which you will be able to form when matters have been reveal revealed � ed Asked whether tho Con Conservatives � servatives would agree to a time limit on debate Mr Dlefen Dlefenbaker � baker saidallthosethlngswill be dealt with in due course Failure of the negotiations could result In weeks of bitter debate in Parliament In no de decision � cision on the governments pro proposed � posed Maple Leaf flag andpos sllbe lead ultimately to the third general election In three years Key to the outcome of the ne negotiations � gotiations lay In the words time limit A number of Con Conservatives � servatives argued Tuesday night that the question of a Canadian flag is not something to be de decided � cided within a time limit Bodies Of Civil Rights Trio Found JACKSON Miss AP Two of the three bodies found buried in a recently constructed earth dam near Philadelphia Miss were Identified early today as missing civil rights workers Andy Goodman and Mickey Schwerner Examination of the third body is continuing Announcement of the identifi identification � cation of Goodman and Schwer Schwerner � ner was made in Washington by FBI Director J Edgar Hoover However the Greenwood Miss office of tho Student Non Violent Co - Ordlnatlng Com Committee � mittee said it had been told by the Jackson FBI office that the third body had been Iden Identified � tified as James Chaney the Vtlzn The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5 1 964 Phone LOgan 42441 CARLING BLACK LABEL BEER Thli advortlioment li not publithod or displayed by tho Liquor Control Board or by tht Covtrnmtnt ol Brltlih Columbia 10c Copy ag US STRIKES BACK AS SOUTH ASIA CRISIS BOILING ON FLAG f V Negro companion of Goodman and Schwerner There was no immediate con confirmation � firmation of this from the FBL The three vanished June 21 after being freed from jail at Philadelphia where they had been arrested on a speeding charge The last person known to have seen them was Neshoba County Deupty Sheriff Cecil Price who said he followed them a short distance after their release as they drove south to toward � ward Meridian The charred hulk of the sta station � tion wagon used by the trio had been located IS miles north of Philadelphia two days after they disappeared There was little reaction to the discovery of the bodies at Philadelphia CLEAR SKIES I fmm Stw- i aaHaPHaaaaaLa LB a JrlakjIkkRB Jm 23t 1 Aggression Unchallenged Is Aggression Unleashed President Johnson Expect Speed Cut On Bypass Highway A lowered speed limit on the accident - prone Bypass High Highway � way Is expected to be announc announced � ed today by the lllghwajs De Department � partment A reliable source said re reduction � duction of the speed zone from SO to 40 miles an hour will be made public at the citys general purposes committee meeting today The reduced speed zone will be In effect between Jlfth and Tifteenth on the bypass around the west end of Prince George The Fifth to Fifteenth section is the site of numerous acci accidents � dents Usually the circum circumstances � stances Involve a car pulling out from an access road Into the path of a car speeding down the bypass Worst corner of all Is at Fifth a major traffic artery Reducation of speed zone is one demand made by City Hall RCMP and residents of the west end The Highways Department has also been asked to Install a traffic light at the corner of fifth and the Bypass Simon Fraser Days Entries Accepted Until August 1 1 Entries for the Simon Traser Exhibition will close at 10 pm August 11 not Wednesday even evening � ing as printed in the prize list Peter Choquette secretary manager of the Exhibition said today the error has caused some concern among potential exhibi exhibitors � tors Entries will be taken until 10 pm August 11 at the fair grounds Anyone who has not received entry forms should telephone Mi Choquette at 3 3474 or 4 C374 He also jointed out that the posters advertising the North Northwest � west Brigade Canoe Ilaco should te changed The Simon Traser Days com committee � mittee last week decided to run the 130 mlle Tort St James to Prince Georgo race August IS Instead of August 12 sir2 nV4 li i r Low 40 - Illgh 72 REPLACE RAIN Old Sol Due For Visit Sunny Skies whats that If youve forgotten and unless youve got a photo photographic � graphic memory you may have chances are youll be able to see the sun today or for sure within five days Hatn which has been fall falling � ing almost continuously on Prince George and area for the just six days Is expect expected � ed to taper off today and make room for clear sunny skies The weathermanatthoalr port metrologlral office said today he expects some warm lug and drying weather over the next five days and a re turn to near normal tem pertloures for August Rainfall this month and it is only the fifth day today has already surpassed Hie normal total of precipita precipitation � tion for all of August The weatherman reports that 2 92 inches of rain have fallen so far and the months average is 2 50 Inches We still have a long way to got to beat the record for August though he said In 1948 582 Inches fell in August Although rain has con continued � tinued to fall for the past two days It has been at lesser intensity than over the weekend and river water levels have been dropping steadily The operator of Eraser Bridge Tralli r Couit said water at the junction of the Nechako and Trasei Riveib dropped one foot overnight and has dropped tin eeo four feet since Tuesday morning Things are looking good he said and the trailer court Is no longer covered with water Residents of the Island Cache are starting mop up operations again now that water has receded from most of the homes that were flood ed One resident said water has gone down steadily for the past day and a halt So bet put the sunglasses and straw hat because things are looking up up to sunny skies PLANES HIT BASES AFTER TWIN ATTACKS ON SHIPS HONG KONG AP US air attacks on North Viet Nam apparently are continuing today A report from Hong Kong quotes the North Viet Nam Army command as claiming that five US planes were shot down this afternoon by anti aircraft fire It adds that the American planes were engaged in strafing operations There has been no word from Washington con concerning � cerning the communist claim WASHINGTON CI-AP-Defence Secretary Robert S McNamara said today US navy bombers have heavily damaged four North Vietnamese torpedo bases and wrecked a North Vietnamese oil storage depot in retaliation for attacks on two US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin At a press conference the sec secretary � retary said two US aircraft had been shot down by ground fire and two had been dam damaged � aged during G4 attack sorties launched from the aircraft car carriers � riers Ticonderoga andConstel htlon The secretary said approxi approximately � mately 25 patrol boats were damaged or destroyed The attack was in retaliation for an assualt by three red PT boats last Sunday against the NEW YORK AP -President Johnson says Agression unchallenged is aggression unleashed And he says the United States has met deliberate aggression with deliberate action against the North Viet Vietnamese � namese He also says that no friendly country need fear not any foe hope that the United States is divided In this election year When he speaks of the at attacks � tacks on US destroyers Johnson says The attacks were delib deliberate � erate The attacks were un unprovoked � provoked The attacks have been answered destroyer Maddox In which one of the boats was sunk and two others were damaged and an another � other fiercer engagement in involving � volving two US craft Tursday At least three of the attacking small craft were believed sunk in the second attack The second attack was aimed at tho Maddox and the destroy ei Turner Joy which had been sent to support the Maddox McNamara said In response to questions that whether this tho retaliatory blow will bo all that is necessary Is up to the North Vietnamese His summary of the US re response � sponse was a swift follow up to tho announcement by President Johnson Tuesday night that navy planes had been sent on the mis mission � sion to give a positive reply to the Communist attacks Although theie was no Imme Immediate � diate official reaction from the Communist Chin ese govern government � ment the diplomats said US attack on the Vietnamese main mainland � land seemed vastly to increase tho possibility of a direct con confrontation � frontation between China and the U S in Southeast Asia And In Bangkok Thailand headquaiters of tho SEATO command an unconfirmed re report � port fjom reliable souicessald tho U S Pacific rieet had been placed on the alert and a major show of force was expected off the North Vietnamese coast Tho United States also took precautions against a Commu nlst countei thrust from North Viet Nam or Red China by mov ing T 102 jot flghtei planes Into South Viet Nam for the first time Strike Warning Strike wai nlng has been sei v ed on a Lac La 1 1 ache stud mill by Its 00 employees a wood woikcrs union executive an announced � nounced today Woikers at Noithein Studs Ltd voted to stilke ovei acon ti act dispute Monday The man mandatory � datory 48 houis notice was seivud Tuesday said Ross Inglls piesldentof Local 1 424 International Woodvvotkets of A met lea GULF IS SEA ARMS ROUTE North Viet Nam and Com Communist � munist China seem to re regard � gard the Gulf of Tonkin as their private lake al although � though It is a sizeable In International � ternational body of water 150 miles wide and 300 miles long They are wary of any ship shipping � ping in the Gulf other than their own A northwest arm of the South China Sea the cres crescent � cent - shaped gulf is bound bounded � ed by North Viet Nam on the west Chinas Hainan Island on the east and the Chinese mainland on the east and north It has been patrolled regu regularly � larly by the US Seventh Fleet The entire North Vlet anmese coastline Is on the gulf Including Ben Thuy and Haiphong the two principal ports It Is thus the only route for Russian and Communist Chinese ships bring arms to North Viet Nam And any seas invasion of North Viet Nam would have to come by way of the gulf A month ago the Chinese Issued new warnings to foreign shipping using the 15 mile Hainan Strait be between � tween Chinas Hainan Island and Lulchow peninsula on the Chinese mainland The Strait is the western entrance to the Gulf of Tonkin Over the signature of Pre Premier � mier Chou En Lai the regu regulations � lations forbade ships to use radar or photographic equip equipment � ment restricted them to the middle of the strait and said they must obey any challenge The rules Indicated a major buildup in the area The Lulchow peninsula at the tip of Kwangtung prov province � ince occupies an Important place in Pekings strategic thinking for Southeast Asia A COO mlle military high highway � way from Canton cuts Into the province and over the North Viet Nam connecting with the Tonkin coastal road Rebels Take Stanleyville LEOPOLDVILLE The Con Congo � go AP Communist backed rebels are reported in control of Stanleyville key city In the Northeastern Congo A radio message from Stan Stanleyville � leyville airport said The en entire � tire tlty is in rebel hands A garbled message saying the same thing reached the United Nations In Leopoldville Earlier today It was leport ed that Congolese government tioops appeared to have beaten back the rebel force attacking Stanleyville which has a pop uiatlon of 300000 The clt is the third laipest in the Congo and the most im import � port mt rentie l the North eastern Congo The United Nations pulled the last of Its peacekoeplnr tioops out of The Coni u June 30 MOSCOW MOSCOW AP The So Soviet � viet Union warned tonight that the US actions against North Viet Nam may lead to widespread military con flllct with all the ensuring dangerous consequences The warning was Issued by Tass News Agency and broadcast by Radio Moscow UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS AP -At the request of the Soviet Union the United Nations Se Security � curity Council session re requested � quested by the United States on the Southest Asia crisis was postponed until this af afternoon � ternoon It had been set originally for 12 noon TOKYO TOKYO Reuters The Japanese semi-governmental broadcasting corporation NHK reported that 23 United States vessels of the 26 vessel American 7th Fleet stationed in Yokosuka near Tokyo left port for an un unknown � known destination tonight The United States forces lia liaison � ison office In Totyo declined to confirm the report TAIPEI TAIPEI Reuters - High Nationalist Chinese military sources said today they be believe � lieve attacks on American destroyers by North Vietna Vietnamese � mese torpedo boats In the Tonkin Gulf were directed by Chinese Communists operating from Hainan Island in South China Sea The sources said the Chinese Communists wanted to test tho determination of the United States in defending South Viet Nam LONDON LONDON Reuters - Bri Britain � tain will condemn as a breach of the United Nations charter the North Vietnamese tor torpedo � pedo boat attacks on US warships when the matter Is discussed In the United Na Nations � tions Security Council later today informed sources said here Britain then will support the United States position the souices added PEKING PEKING Reuters - Dip Diplomatic � lomatic observers here took a very grave view of the sit l uation in Indochina following the United States announce announcement � ment of retaliation against Communist North Viet Nam for attacks on American war warships � ships Although theie was no Im Immediate � mediate official reaction from the Chinese Communist government the diplomats said It seemed vastly to ln ciease the possibility of a dhect confiontatlon between China and the United States In Southeast Asia PARIS PARIS Reute is PresU dent Jolmson today sent a let tei to President de Gaulle explaining the extent and limits of theAmeilcanietall too action against Noith Viet Nam Ibis lettei sent tluough Ameikan ClnigedAtfalies Cecil B Lun 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