i Committee; which
He the Industrial

at make-up of the committee,

 

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Vou. XUIX, No.7”

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“Crash | program’ “planning
- scored by Mayor Lester ©

adi Lester last night told: City Council
that sound industrial development cannot be conduct-

~ ed on a “crash pr ogram” basis... Long range planning

» is an essetitial ingredient.
In his first: speech to Council

Mayor P

sinee his. » re-election, © Mayor

BG Lester seb* oul. the. purposes: of
Development,

the . Industrial
he renamed
Promotion Com-
the

mittee, He also disclosed

} Headed by the mayor, it In-
eludes Aldermen Miehael Krue-

gor, T, Norton Youngs and as

secretary, 1 Bb, T. Applowhaite.

t He told counell that It should

HK be borne In mind that businesses

MR oomewn people: that businesses

and people mean revenue to the.

elty and improved conditions ‘in
the community, |

BE PERSISTENT

“TL da also true,” he sitldl, stab
one, cannot expect Immediate)
visiblo results from the netivi+
ties of such a committee. bul
Be the work should be persiatont
nevertheless.”
ROTO alavled) tht who Ahe res

gully are lenst evident Is whont.

the need for such work 18- gronte
Ont.

“yeont's,

for; many months, even ne

witha: finngitle renin bs,"

‘addad.,
Mhyora Is consolation in

knowledge that i single...
Prince ‘Rupert ‘has
now ‘gone 3861 days
without u fatal traffic
necident, | mo

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cess, .a‘single new industry, will
provide ample reward for all. the
ef tort expended. moo.

PURPOSE S,

The purposes of the eommil=
tee. as listed by His Honor in-

‘Toelude: |
@ To attract, new Industry and

to encourage and assist them,
‘@ To maintaih contact. with
present Industry nnd businesses
with a view to offerlng them
overy ,Jegitimate assistance. s

e To Investigate and follow wp
all. known. or anticipated’ cases
of loss of business to Prince Ru-

Ipert, whether this be by way of

a. coneern golng out of business
or, by partial loss of business to
other conmnunitios,

negotiations here today for a

resume boat oxploalons ghar nny

_ persons dled,
=)

~ hogln Tobruary 10. °
Jayaprakash Narayan,

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Rowenapers alee, ald ‘tho’ bid

stuff: always « brings | ‘pleasure
: to. youngsters:

‘Steven ‘White, 4,. Peter Pre-
vost, 6 and: ‘Cindy ‘White,’ 3°

picture, Cindy géts along -with-
: out. sleigh and. : ‘Prepares | ‘to

| deba tes re aturn |

: ‘day's. thers im slaying,’ told. yester-
| day: that: her. husband ‘murdered |.

himself, doesn’t know whether

doesn’t. know whether to return

 

~ World News Brie efs

-GENEVA™'the United States, Twisslin and Britain “resumed:

spurred Dy new. urgoncy following an Amoncan threat to

NAIROBI, Konya—Tho British colonint government loany |
ondod n seven-year state of omorgency in Konya proclaimed at:
the halght of Mau Mau torroriam In, which more -than 18, 000

: +

PRETORTA--South Afrlown: courts and prisons’ tire: “oxs i
perlmenting with three now. types of punishment in an:
“vattempl totind. ways of making prison. treatment Jess Ika:
~~ yotributlon and'more ke rehabilitation, Tho: new | ‘form which
“yo far has abtynated most pitblc ationtion ts porlodia ine"
+ prlsopmont, or “wook-onds fh ynil'—sontonces af | hebwpen i

180 tnd 1,000, hours ta (be. sorvedl - plogomont:

+ oe
a BOMBAY—A Whroo-diy. Tonvontion of Atro-Aslan ¢ eouns
trlop-on Tibet. has been: ‘planned In India. Tt Rrobably: wil

chairman.
huronu .of the convontion and one , of Indin'a:stronterank '
Bovlalist, londora, haa boon. Approaching Aslan. and; Atiann ” .
tplomata and Foports tho rosponae t to othe Iden \g- “yOry Rood," :

s “TAIPHY,. TormotneA Ohinesa ‘Communiat’ ‘pilob ‘Jost Ma "
“te today. In: bidding for froodom with: n oragh-landing of his
' MIG jot fightor on Formosa, an Amorichn ROUNCO and, Formosa

4 ‘Mberal- ‘meeting earlier, “the gov-
| ernment. should meet with rep-|
resentatives of. provincial. -school}

‘SNOW. ‘MAY ‘BE pai
eto» ‘motorists ‘but * the white

In: top - photo

climb. Piggott. “Avenue ® for a
‘ride. down .again. : In’ bottom:

“roll in snow. 9)°-
. —Photos: by Gladys Baldwin,

‘Shaken ‘mother

 

1 : nvolved: in’ Sun:

her two sons before ‘shooting}:

‘she will ever. return to Canada.
_Mrs.. _ Egerton,. : visiting her
mother in Surrey ‘with her one-
year-old son Trent; was ‘said to
be “terribly shaken” after a po-
licewoman gave her the news. —
° Her brother, Frederick Bryant,
said Mrs. Egerton has ‘an air
ticket back to Smithers “but she

or not?”

He described Mrs, Egerton’'s
husband Leslic as “one of the
most balanced men I. have ever
met,”

He said he “idolized the chil- |
dren - ‘and was the perfect
father,”

“There ts only one thing I can
think of—lLeslic thought he had
eanecer, Just before Ellen left
Canada he went to hospital for
examination... Maybe the fears
played on his mind,”

“WILLIAMS - LAKE —A 30-
year-old man was belng held in
Hospital for observation today
following a 12-hour manhunt by
RCMP that ended with a spor-
acie gun. babble along the Pa-
clfle “Great Eastern .. Railway
tracks in this Cariboo town,

No, Injuries were reported and
the firing coased when : the
wanted man surrancdored to soma
14 poltco” officers,

ban on nucloar weapon tests,

time, os
+

‘

’

of, tno: “propnyatory:

“VANCOUVER (cP

He: ‘said. education.

made. in a "speech toa young}:

 

boards. and. municipalities. to.es-

“KITIMAT (CP) Pi

ments -for 1960" totalling
$1;839,228,
school | ‘district
ments, have’ been. submit-

‘\here by: manager. J. A.
| Currie. -

Ray Perrault Monday night dalled. for a Royal Com-

mission on. education finance n British Columbia.

“must - be |:
: taken off the.dole.and Placed, on
{a solid financial basis.” -
_ Mr. Perrault. said: in’ a state-
ment’ that: reiterated’ ‘remarks|,

tablish the’ ‘commission terms of

‘said: :

, . generosity of: warm- vhearted: citi-
my zen Ss. Mw. 6

.f§-y after the school board expressed

‘ ih fear |
- -would stall construction - of the}
¥4 | school,
-.board subject to approval of the].
* provincial ¢ education ' department.

visional. budget require].

ted: to. municipal* ‘council]:

, IY NE PETTT e IF

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Be ta”

_ PROVINCIAL LIBRARY -
VICTORIA, B,C. _

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Th, wavnmaaemenemee oy

tometnent

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BRICE ‘TEN ‘GENTS

 

Provincial Liberal: leader

 

. ‘Referring to. an . offer Monday
“night by P. A. Woodward, hono-

rary vice-president of Woodward 4

‘Stores Limited, to.loan ‘“Vancou-
ver school board. $240,000 for
ednstruction of .a new ‘school for

etarded children, Mr. Perrault

~4"No- education: theory ‘or ‘pro:
‘gram is.any good’ at all unless
we ‘can. raise the. money to’ pay
or ‘it. We. ‘cannot ‘base @ sound
program on charity;: or on. the

‘Mr. ‘Woodward’s offer, made}

that - credit. “restrictions |:

was accepted by: the

 

of British’ Columbia Munici-

City - Council, -

~-— Photo | “py: ‘Nishio- Van. ‘Meer

cran alderman. George: -B.

Casey,’ ‘lifés:member ‘of: Union«
s
‘palities ; and. former self-styled -
watchdog, . of Prince Rupert
was presented.
last night. to City’ Council : by
 Nishio- ‘Van, ‘Meer Studio. Pic-
ture. is ‘to. be hung ‘in. council’
chambers or any suitable lgca-
tion in> City Hall. ‘Council ‘ac-
cepted the gift ‘with pleasure.
Mr. Casey, now living in’ Na-..
naimo, “will be 83. in’ February.

Studio.

 

excluding| = a
require-| \j

 

"Mr. ‘Currie ‘told council, that:

oie the. Sere which: ine,

in: ‘the _ total. tax‘rate, are: aimed |
again ‘at: “holding: ‘the. ‘line’ for
another year. :

~ Expenditures ‘in the: ‘provision: |
‘al budget are down. ‘$98, 226 from
last. year. ‘Municipality's - share
of total’ tax rate last year was
26. 943 mills.. .

‘Prince Rupert City ‘Couneil
brought ‘down = its ‘provisional
budget, as ‘required. under the
new Municipal Act, November $0,
In it a budget of $1,262,653 was
estimated with a gencral tax rate
of. 29.685 mills forecast. Last
year’s gencral tax rate was
32.3883 mills,

Four dead

aS Car
snowbound —

mon were found dend early -Mon-
day Jn a car stuck in a snow-
bank near-the Alaska Highway
community of Watson: Lale, 700
miles northwest of Edmonton,

ROMP said they. apparently
died from carbon monoxide pols-
oning.

They were John Erle Nordine,
52, of Kamloops, B.C., Malcolm
Callou, 41, of Grande Prairie,
Alta., Glen Arthur Culver, 41, of
Fort Assiniboine, Alta. and Phi.
lip. Henry” Asp, 84, belfeved to
have been a Yukon resident,

ROMP sald the car evidently
became. stuck in a snowbank,
and the four Joft the motor run-
ning for: warmth whilo waiting
for help, The temperature was

20 below. ZOO, ©

eveee oonreeoeeooreserns

Six: streets
set’ aside
“tor sleighing

‘Six ntrooty in the -olty have
“Deen blocked: oft for childran
to enjoy: ‘sloigh-viding, Olly

« Works Suporintondent CG, I
 Guataftion sald: today.
The locations ares.
“Nordonw Stroat -from the
v Orost of tha hill to the june-
» bon. of Uhbrd -Avento West;
Second Ayonue in Section 8;
Fourteenth Street to Its june-
tion with Atlin Avonue; Sixth
Avonuc | Vast from Green
 Streot ta Booth. Memorial
‘Junlor Wigh: sehooly Ninth
Ayonue Kast from Conrad,
- Streot to Bacon. Straot;. Ame
rose Avonuo crest. at tho
Junction of Sixth Avonto East

 

ondad fatally." :

to. bottom of hill, |

WATSON LAKE, YT, @—Four

Vast night's:
In: 7B speech -p C
f Bruce. . Brown, ‘chairman r' the.
meeting ° in’ the™ ‘absence “of Dr:

Greene who is in*Nassau, the re-<
tiring “president. said “there is:no
doubt: that Prince. Rupert: has® a
golden 50 years. ahead of it.” °

Ue urged the: city: businessmen
to. take action, on "providing:
-|“those facilitiés which -the; tour-
ist needs and demands if he is
to remain in’ the area instead of
passing through it to areas that
seek to serve him better.” —

Dr. Greene said: that traffic.

experts have estimated that
when the marine highway to
Alaska is completed, a potential
tourist flow through Prince Ru-
pert of 20,000 per year is expect
ed.
He. reminded chamber ‘mem-
bers that the tourist income in
Michigan is. greater than its in-
come from automobiles. >

During the past year,. the
Chamber of Commerce had been
uctlve in the following projects:
Improvement of freight - and]
air service to the Queen. Char-

Mrs.C. Gomez
dies aged 69 .

A well-known city’ wonjan who
came to Prince Rupert with her
husband the year of ‘the, elty's |
incorporation ini 1910, Mrs, Cone
suelo Gomez, died in Prince
Rupert General hospital this

 

Sho was 60. |.

Born {n Santander, Spain, Mrs,
Gomoz was married to Alexander
Gomez In Paris, in 1909, the year
sho. and hor husband came to
Canada to, Vancouver: and later
to. tho Queen Charlottes Talands.
Tho following. yenr they came
over to settle in. Prince Ruport,

Mr, Gomes. prodoconged. ‘his
wife in January,1085,0 0 0

‘Mrs, Gomez was a member. of
thie Wonton of the Moose, a: mems
ber. of the Women's. Auxiliary
to tho United Mahermen . and
Allied -Workors’: Union, and ‘a.
longtime aipporter of, Bt, Potor's
Anglican church. |

Sho ia survived by: ‘four sons,
Frank and Darrow in Prince
Rupert, William: in: San’ Diego,
Odif,. and Aloxandor In Vane
couvor; threo daughtors, Alice,
Mra. Alfrod Ritchie, Juno, Mra,
Henry Dickens and: Ruby, Mra.
Roy. Hemdroff, al of Prince Rup..
ort} a brothor and. two slstora
in: Sian, 24. grandchildren: and
two great grandchildron,

'Funornl, sorvices will be held
Friday. at 2 pm, from. Verguaon
Puneral Yomo with Rev. .D.:

 

“The Chamber of Commer
thot dwell.on its past: accomplishments, !
‘Greene said i in his president's report to the chamber at Mi

ree must look to the future
Dr. Le: M.

 

“The Chamber of Commerce at.’
its annual: ‘meeting. ast’: night.

‘) voted 40, buy a hain , of office,
‘complete. with: ‘medallion bearing

the Prince Rupert, coat.of ‘arms,

; for’a Sum‘ not. exceeding $250.”.
‘PORTRAIT: OF onetime vet-. |’

“Speaking to: the motion. Orme

presented: to: ‘city: on: a;momen-
tous occasion’ and a. °chamber
executive meeting... had’; agreed
that: such. a: donation. would be
fitting | for: ithe eltyrs Golden |.

‘Jubilee. Ma
‘The: “presentation. “would | >|
made. on’ March. 10: of. this year.
Dr. R. G. ‘Large. told the meet- os
ing. that the’ practice of present- |".

ing city’s with | chains of. office

He: said. prices for such official
|adomments. ranged | from $125. to
(3, 500. :
OG. Po Woodside, ‘chamber
member. and: national vice-pres-
ident: of. the’ Junior . Chamber of

 

and gowns had become common|:# .-

throughout British Columbia. He].

said.that -Vernon. and Kelowna

a were: ‘the’ latest cities: to. recelve erie
| them... yo

Commerce said that the Taycees|

 

 

lotte islands: active «support: of.

ithe:Vancouver : “symphony.: ‘Or-

chestra:.concert here; ’ “highway:

mauters* including: : “representa:
tion’ at the: ‘Highway . 16 .confer-
ence -at: Terrace and: joining: ‘the
Northern :: . Trans-Canada: High-
way’ Route: ‘association ;, repeated
representations’: to-. Highways
Minister P:. Av Gaglardi. to ‘have
Highway. 16 between. Prince .Ru-
pert and Terrace ‘paved; .,
‘The board also fought: to have
the Canafian:: Pacific). Airlines
flight to Sandspit ‘retained: and
protested the first television ffkn
on Prince Rupert to the extent
that a second film has” been
made, od

The president said that he
and a delegate. attended — the
hearings of -the-Alaska: Interna-
tional Rail and ‘Highway com~
mission”: -hearings in: Juneau,
Alaska when the City, of Prince
Rupert’s' ‘and’ chamber's Joint
brief was presented, : i

Four “special dinners Included:
one at: which Capt. H. J, T. Per-
ry, president: of Northland” Nav-
igation. Co, Ltd., was host;"'one
for. Chamber © of Commerce
Wook; another at which’ OPA
president © Grant © MeConachiec
{ouflined his company’s ylang
and a {nal one at. which Carl
Junge, oxetutive director ‘of the
Alaska International. ‘Rail. and |:
‘Highway commission spoke,

abner is Henry. esters William
Faure, noted throughout : ‘Bur-

after.
He, is the. ‘tather of: ‘city gro-
cery” clerk ‘Eric Faure,’ 536. Sev-"
enth “Avenue ‘East.: tela
Born in Courtray, Belgium. in
1881 of South African. Dutch
stock, Mr, Faufe Sr., studied - at
the University of Ghent, “Was
decorated ‘in Italy... asa Knight
of the Iron Crown; for meritor-:
jous: work during the. First World
War, in Holland withthe’ Order.
of the Oranje. Nassau’ and. dn.
Belgium | with * the: Leopold ‘Or:
der - for his: umewitorious work
on the. ‘Albert Canal.) whe
‘He is. ‘survived by his. wife
Cornelia in. Antwerp; . three sons,'
Eric in: Prince Rupert, . Willlam:
and: Anthony th Belgium; : three
daughters: -Maria,:Margaret: and
Lillian, in’ Belgium; two. grand-
daughters In Prince Rupert, Mur-:
jel, Mrs,’ Rupert Greissel: and.
Carol, Mrs, Monty McIntyre}: five
great. grandchjldron in Prince.
Ruport, and, four in Belgium... a
“Funeral services are being held

 

tomorrow: att Antwerp

ope. for: his - work. on’ prarerways |§ SI]
during the First World War and):

 

 

had® given. thought, ,

king:
such. a: “presentation. in the: "pest
but now-that the:idea-had-been =.
‘ Junior, Chaniber - ay

would give’ ‘the. senio Pa
‘its fullest: “supports
G. Stuart, said ° that it was cus-|:
tomary. for: such: trappings to be 0

revived: . the:

ing,” the. ae 0 ey

gown.

 

being: holed :
Tefloated at, high

However she h
‘ed again aft

drydock. after she was ; eflonted, -
She was beached: again inside’ the. ~
harbor. entrance. my

inbound - from. Victoria OS eceived
buckled plates and ‘docked-under: =.’
her own ‘power: to ‘discharge: ‘her _

38 passengers... She went:"into:

rdrydock today: for Tepalts,.~i Pee,

Rescue : ‘boats), took: the: ‘eight.

passengers ‘and 19° crew: members . .

off: the Alaska Prince, °
Mercantile: ‘Insurance ‘spokeg-

sone pe en,

men said that ‘ifthe freighter.
had been’ hit: further. forward. "

she probably would. have
snapped in: half es

man: ‘from’ ‘Vancouver, the..only.

passenger headed for, Prince: Ru- : ;

pert,’ was. taken: off. the. ‘Stricken

ship. ‘ EEE A pg
ethers. 0. Was ‘a: tremendous .

bang, and a+ terrific : imipact,”.

sald Mrs,. Lorraine’ Smith of. ‘Alert

 

—Iit was 80: dark, It was just: tke: :

at Areas! "

 

John’ Guthrio,, “manager ” of |
Columbia, - Colluloso - Company
Limited's: “Watson | sland mill,

last. night: war elected: presidont|:

of the Prince Ryporti Chambor of
Commerce

 

tiga

Beal uN Saye offiolnting, rey

Chnsaola of At, Potor'a: Salt a

-of Commerce”!

 

UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN | 4

morning after a longthy inesa, -

Mr, ‘Guthrie, who was: lected)
to tho ‘post unanimously ., Suce
ceeds'Dr. L, M, Greene,

“Anthony P,. Orawley was ‘eleat:
od unanimously . ‘to, (the: Post of

| vice-prosidont,

*Dlocted to: two" yoar-torma as
directors . wore A,'L, Boll,” ‘T,.B,
Black,:: Ji:D; McRae, Richard |:
Moroly, and. W. J, Bolts Blectod
toa ono-yoar,torm: wore William
Homonuk, any d. Willa : rr Stono,

who tled: in the voting, |

Continuing: dircotors:: ‘for: ono} \

“moro. your aro Norman Christens |:
vine Oring G,"

Stuart, .Ty C,: Mels/.
OGUVION es 8
“and! Mr. Crawley
wore | aworn: In’ by. past-preaident |.
nnd’ longth Chambor. mombor|
qi t Harvey, “ oe , a ay uw ah ve

Tn Nis" ‘nocoptanco ‘apeogh,. Mtr.

wy HF: bt a

British ‘Columbia haniberd 3
commerce in September, .\'"

his” oxooutlva’ and of thor uanen
bera,. eds “yygtys

tho. "yeoman. work”, of, .Agarotary
a Ti: j Applenatit cg SMT

canal ah
; oF yeregaal A lite

oi “OX xporad arons,; tt
_westorly. 28 Wednesday.’ 10
_ tonight’, and, bgt 'Wedne
' day, at Princo Rup eta and

Guthrie: told mombors that 43960) wo 4 i

‘was golng tobe a big yoar: for] »
and: ita ‘Ghamber Ay

‘Ho.sald that on ‘Who. ono ‘Hand :

Prince. Rupert. a

Princo: Ruport was commenior«

ating the. BOth, annivorsary of Its. ’

| incor oration.‘and on. tho,athor| |...
thr ‘of tho],

 

 

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Loe wy be

os he. \
ar’
Bu on
2B

“Ian Coote,’a ‘travelling - sales-' bo

Bay,. “then. the Ughts' went Ott. os
ir think. that. wasthe. worst. thing. :

«Ho told the chamber, hae. Mb.
faced 'a lot of hard.work in:1969). °

and expressed confidence that.ho: o)"
‘would have the full support: of cen

In closing ‘he pald: “teibute to a