IP MBHBBHB THE WORLD TODAY Mrs Drew Dies TORONTO CP Mrs Fio renza Drew wife of the former premier of Ontario George Drew died here today She was 53 Her husband was former leader of the Progressive Con Conservative � servative party and former Canadain High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Mrs Drew was the daughter of Edward Johnson a famous Canadian tenor and his wife Beatrice Viscountess dArneiro of Lisbon Ban Violation WASHINGTON AP - The American state department said today that a Soviet underground nuclear blast on January 15 may have constituted a techni technical � cal violation of the limited test ban treaty However the de department � partment said the test did not represent any threat to either the US or the treaty Recover Gold DURBAN South Africa AP Police swooped down on the 27000 ton liner Capetown Castle here today They con conducted � ducted a quick search of the ship and discovered six bars of gold The gold is part of 20 gold bars valued at more than a quarter of a million dollars that were missing when the liner arrived in Southampton from South Africa last month Marines Dig In DA NANG CP - A strong detachment of US Marines moved out of Da Nang bay today and established defensive posi positions � tions on a hill about five miles west of the key air base here As the leathernecks dug in more arrived and by midday today the full 0th Marine Ex Expeditionary � peditionary Brigade of 3500 men was in the Da Nang area which it is to defend against Communist Viet Cong attacks Still No Sign MONTREAL CP - There is still no sign of Lucien Rivard who escaped from Jail a week ago tonight Justice Minister Favreau told the Commons last Friday the government would consider offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of Rivard if there were any unusual delay in capturing him RCMP On Alert ENTRANCE Alberta CP Three RCMP officers have sur surrounded � rounded a small cabin near here a village in the Rocky Mountain foothills following reports that shots were fired from the cabin last night Re Reports � ports indicate an old trapper lived in the cabin one of about 20 houses in the village Family Perishes WOODBRIDGE Ont CP -An entire family perished early today when an explosion and fire rocked their apartment above a wax factory here Dead are 33-year-old Fred Burnett his 21-year-old wife Zelmaand their three young daughters three -year -old Bobble Ann two - y e a r - old Te rr y Lee and one-year-old Shelly Mae The explosion in the Taylor Atlas Products Building occurred shortly after 4 am EST Fire Firemen � men were on the scene almost immediately but required about four hours to extinguish the blaze y Its said there have been V countless disappointed visitors lately In Prince George From the plane pulling up on the tarmac they see a mob of people outside the ter terminal � minal and think its a recep reception � tion committee But it turns out theyre fellow plane passengers who cant find room to sit or stand in the old terminal February was a great yf month for P Gs popu r latton It Increased by 113 The hospital said the number of births was the highest for that month for the past four years Dont rush out to Nether- lands Overseas Mill on Sintich road to see the Kenworth Log Stacker as ad advertised � vertised in The Citizen yester viim This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control BoardorbytheGovernmentof British Columbia Vol 9 No 49 TWEEDIE PUSHES INDOOR POOL PROJECT A strong plea for a covered swimming pool in Prince George was made at city coun councils � cils regular session Monday Aid Ron Tweedie presented a detailed analysis of the cost and use of a 300000 com community � munity pool in Prince Rupert While supporting the pool Aid Tweedie said if another project were approved he would accept it His first concern was that the Centennial Committee be re activated and that views be sought from service and fra fraternal � ternal organizations concerning a project for the city Whatever project we choose now we will find ourselves racing against time to finish in 1967 and be eligible for the per capita grants I would like to see it get going get started he said The grants total 1 per head from the federal government and 60 cents from the pro provincial � vincial if a local committee raises 140 per capita Aid Harry Loder told coun council � cil no project submitted so far had met council approval He suggested the councils Centennial Committee meet soon and bring all recommenda recommendations � tions including Aid Tweedies before councilforconsidera tlon at one time Commenting on a current proposal to build a civic theatre as a centennial project Aid Tweedie said I would like to see a theatre Pm all in favor of it but I believe this type of project a pool Is the kind of thing most people inPririce George would get use of His brief showed attendance at the Prince Rupert pool to have been 55500 last year Aid Carrie Jane Gray went on record in opposition to the pool Our temperatures and act activities � ivities in winter are different to Prince Rupert She added the proposed YM YWCA for the city suggested a covered pool as one of its main features Indicating some action has been taken City Manager Arran Thomson told council a 20 cents per capita preliminary administrative grant had been applied for Winding up the discussion council agreed the centennial committee should meet within the next three weeks lLio X Ifi Fly Injured To Hospital Two men were flown by char chartered � tered aircraft late Monday to Prince George Regional Hos Hospital � pital after their car collided with a logging truck at Upper Fraser They were not identified but were listed in fair condition in hospital today with no major injuries Both of the men in their mid 20s were riding in a car which collided with a large log logging � ging truck on a narrow road near the small community 50 miles east of Prince George day because the stacker did not arrive as scheduled Theres no definite date for arrival but It is on its way Trouble was a hold up at the border Gordon McMillan since y y September 19C3 assistant operation manager of the CNR left town Friday for a new position with the railway in Ed Edmonton � monton His successor is W R Fleming who moved to PGfrom Vancouver Aid Carrie Jane Gray cant Y stand billboards Theyre the worst thing which could happen to a town or the country countryside � side she says And thats why she insisted being recorded against a city council niotion which would allow two lighted billboards over a machine shop on the east end of Third Ave ke Citizen The daily neVspaper for Central British Columbia A proposal for a new road and dike along the Nechako River was heard at city council Mon Monday � day night The project was suggested by Rustad Bros lumber firm in a letter to council The new dike and road would run north of the present road from the old Nechako Bridge east along the river It would protect the heavy industrial area from water and ice at break up and high water periods of the year City Manager Arran Thomson told council the Rustad firm was contemplating a 250000 ex expansion � pansion program They are not anxious to move from the site but propose a tremendous sawmill plus chipper and barker program The dike plan has the approv approval � al of The Pas Lumber Co ad adjacent � jacent to Rustad Bros accoid- Still Search Mystery Car Police are continuing their search for a car which struck a pedestrian Friday dragged him two city blocks and fled the scene Russell Robinson 52 was struck at about 1020 pm Fri Friday � day at Fifth Ave and Rupert St and dragged on the bumper of the car along Rupert St to Third Ave We are still investigating a police spokesman said to today � day Several witnesses to the in incident � cident said the car believed to be involved was a green 1057 Plymouth or Dodge PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY MARCH 9 1965 More than 2000 Negroes are massing in Selma in preparation for a protest march Selma from Montgomery They are protesting vote registration in the state Sun Sunday � day tear gas attacks on Negro crowds dispersed them The action by state troopers has been protested by members of the United Nations AP Wirephoto Lumber Firm Proposes Road Dike on Nechako ing to Mr Thomson Aid Dick Yardley noted the city winter works committee had made repeated efforts to have something done about dik diking � ing The recommendation had been passed to Ottawa three times and three times Ottawa had thrown it back to Gag lardi Aid Yardley said he did not kno what the highways minister did with it per perhaps � haps throw it in the basket Aid Harry Loder proposed a cost and feasibility estimate be obtained Aid Yardley agreed adding the provincial and federal gov government � ernment view as well as that of the CiNR should be obtained He forecast the Rustad firm eventually might expand until eventually it holds most of the land in the area In discussion following the council session it was recalled that five operations in the heavy Industrial section either have closed down or aie in the pro process � cess of being closed Those Include Caine Lumber Norman M Smith Interior Spruce Mills Prince George Planing and Aid Yardleys own firm Tluee were purchased by Netherlands Overseas Mills Netherlands is building anew mill scheduled to be opened in the PGE industrial sub subdivision � division in about one month IN THE LEGISLATURE Whether or not we live in a sick society as one pessimistic NDPer observ observed � ed it is a fact the law makers here are preoccupied to the point of obsession with medication of one kind or another After a weekend in the fresh air we thought theyd get on with something new this week But Monday after afternoon � noon they were still Haying the tattered carcass of Health Minister Martin The burden of their complaints is that he is not piovlding enough care and cure in BC Mr Penault got after him about chronic patient care and quoted yards of federal statistics to piovo b Cwas slipping badlv He said he knew Mr Martin would claim w Phone 564 2441 TODAYS LAUGH Thieves in Mexico City have added in insult � sult to injury The thieves entered the apartment of Hector Ventia Vera by taking the door off the hinges Not only did they make off with 2000 worth of goods but they also took off with the door IQranw 7i H MONTH NegroesMassing For Grand March May Ignore Court SELMA Alabama AP More than 2000 Negroes gathered at a church here are understood to be organ organizing � izing an immediate right-to-vote march to the state capi capital � tal Montgomery despite o court order against it President Johnson has urged Negro leaders to re respect � spect the court order A member of Dr Mar Martin � tin Luther Kings organi organization � zation the Rev Andrew Young said the march would be attempted He and several other field workers went into a Selma church to organize the march Its start appears imminent Earlier today a federal judge in Montgomery banned a mas massive � sive right-to-vote march by Negroes and white clergymen from Selma to Montgomery Judge Frank Johnson had been asked by Negro leaders to bar state and local police from in interfering � terfering with the march In Instead � stead the judge banned the march until the court can issue a ruling He set Thursday morn morning � ing for a hearing In Washington the White House made it clear President Johnson wants civil rights lead leaders � ers to obey any such court orders At the same time Johnson said he has directed the US Justice Department to act as a so called friend of the court in seeking a ruling that would per permit � mit Negroes to participate in such a march He said they have a right to walk from Selma to Montgomery in order to focus attention on their efforts to secure the right to register and vote Referring to Sundays vio violence � lence in Selma Johnson said I am certain Americans everywhere join in deploring the brutality with which a number of Negro citizens of Alabama were treated when they sought 10 dramatize their deep and sin sincere � cere interest in attaining the precious right to vote Shortly before his order came down about 500 heavily armed state troopers rolled intoSelma where Negro marchers were dispersed Sunday by the troop troopers � ers using clubs and tear gas But already there had been reports that the highway hike might be delayed until later in the week In New York United Nations Under Secretary Ralph Bundle says the action taken byGover nor George Wallace and state police at Selma Sunday is out outrageous � rageous Bunche a Negro said he has no plans to go to Selma In advance of todays court ruling Wallace sent the state troopers into Selma They are under orders to stop any Negro march to Montgomery But one source says the troopers also have been told not to beat any Negroes the opposition began to ease off They switched to provid providing � ing advice instead of kicks and blows Mr Haitly NDP said he would like Mr Martin a lot better if he would widen out his dental program which was making fair pro progress � gress since the minister had begun to piovide pre school dental care He ought to fol follow � low this up with a pre natal dental piogram We knew Mr Hattley was a ciadle-to-the-giave so cialst But this made us blink We half expected him to go on to advocate caie be beyond � yond the giave But ho switched suddenly to advice on caring for the mentally disturbed Haitley offered VD Posters Go Like Hot Cakes The controversial ven venereal � ereal disease poster is go going � ing like hot cakes in Prince Georgo Dr James Robinson di director � rector of the Northern In Interior � terior Health Unit said to today � day hes ordering 200 for distribution in his area I expect well have no trouble getting them around he said Prince George hotel owners who have been exceedingly co cooperative � operative want 40 Dr Robinson hopes to put up the posters In public RAPID GROWTH Fire Results In High Loss Fire early today caused be between � tween 3000 and 4000 damage to the offices of Northern Plan Planing � ing Mills 2051 First Ave Capt Joe Boudreau of the Prince George Fire Depart Department � ment said the blaze is believed to have started in electrical wiring on the ground floor of the two storey building Its just one of those things said Dick Yardley manager of the mill who made the damage estimate The blaze broke out shortly after 2 am and was reported to the fire department by an un unidentified � identified passer by Firemen were hampered in their attempts to douse the flames by wood shaving insula insulation � tion in the walls of the older type building Pot Luck in the Psycho Ward the figures were inaccurate True to form Mr Martin from time to time called out Those figures are wrong But there could surely be only one source of figures on B C performance for the federal statisticians Mr Martins own department Several other speakers kicked the gong around on various aspects of bad health ranging from chilblains to the sci earning meemles It seemed Mr Martin just couldnt do anything right Hed have a hard time putting on a band aid The govei nment side began to form a cordon of defence around him Several members got up to say he was not all tliat bad Towaid the close of the afternoon even the kind of detailed sugges suggestions � tions tliat would make Dr Zorba tum gieen with envy Sevejal of the statesmen squirmed uneasilyduringhis lecture Mr Macdonald NDP also had some suggestions for the health minister Among other things he ought to ban clgai ette advertising In M BY KEN MclVOR Premier Bennett sat silent while Mai tin was taking his lumps But he got angrily to his feet at this sugges suggestion � tion Thats up to Ottawa he declared and mainly it is up to the CBC which even runs sexy cigarette commercials The premier feels veiy washrooms and logging and construction camps The hotel association and Liquor Control Board have approved the idea of plac placing � ing the posters In the wash washrooms � rooms of bars Most of the hotel owners want the posters framed so they cant be torn off the walls said Dr Robinson The posters which show a prostitute leaning under a lamp pole warn that four out of five pickups are car carriers � riers of venereal disease Short Water Supply Outlook for Summer The city will look into means of assuring an adequate supply of water for the growing com community � munity The decision at council Mon Monday � day followed reading of a letter from Associated Engineering Services Ltd a firm doing con consulting � sulting work for the city W H Ralston predicted Prince George would be in seri serious � ous trouble if means to boost its present supply were not soon obtained He suggested the city would have been in difficulties last year If it had not been a cool wet summer However City Manager Arran Thomson told council the city had its old pumping station in mothballs It could be pressed into service if the need arose for pumping more water into the system than the new station could supply The Associated Engineering letter pointed out the infiltra infiltration � tion gallery in the Nechako through which water is intro introduced � duced to the city system tends to silt up because of the coffer dam which had never been com pletely removed after the gal gallery � lery was built As an emergency measure it noted raw river water could be pumped into the sys system � tem Commenting that he didnt like the idea of using raw water Mr Thomson proposed that As Associated � sociated Engineering be en engaged � gaged at a proposed 1000 fee to study means of improving the Intake of the pump station However he did not share the firms immediate concern because the city had as a stand standby � by its old pump which could handle as much water as the new one The new one was constructed to operate by natural gas as a cost saving measure Mr Thomson also recalled 1958 studies to provide water by gravity flow from the Willow River At the time the scheme was judged to be to costly One Accident Report Monday City RCMP reported one traf fic accident in Prince George Monday Melko Kozjak 324 Freeman St was charged with following too close after his car was in collision with one police said was driven by Melvln James Cassldy 388 Douglas St The accident occurred at 10 im on the corner of Third Ave and Dominion St There was 500 damage to the two cars Movies Earn More PARIS AP French movie theatres took in more money with smaller audiences than ever last year The National Cinema Centre reports that at attendance � tendance in 1964 was down 55 per cent but higher prices broughf receipts up 314 per cent over 1963 Since 1957 at attendance � tendance has fallen off 331 per cent while gross receipts have increased 3918 per cent stiongly about smoking He didnt caie much what hap happened � pened to fellows like Mai tin or Gordon Gibson or Bob Stiachan They were past re redemption � demption But he didnt want anyone lulning the youth of the countiy with sug suggestive � gestive cigarette commer commercials � cials Mr Strachan got up to give even stronger advice to the health minister on evils of smoking We could not quite figure wheie all this was leading Mr Biuch Socied abiuptly switched to the subject of contamina contamination � tion of shell fish He said he had a four to en point pi o giam In no seconds flat we were out in the coirldor with smoke coming out of our ears