ee fr i bis onto angst ne Pe em ne! oes = ! The amount will cover capital costs for the renovation of the supply system of $630,000 and sicosts of improving the distribu- {tion system. of $226,000. Plans for bringing the deter- “ lorating waterworks up to mod- ern standards were outlined to council sitting as a committce of “I the Whole on May 11 and approv- , {city engineer - consultants, ed at a. spetial council meeting May 15. | Report ot the findings of Asso- ciated Engineering Services -Ltd., was te given council. by D. A. Whelan, “MCS ‘ASSIN IBOINE, one of the three new Canadian de escorts due to tie up at the Ocean dock at 11 a.m. ‘the others are the Saguenay and St. Laurent. The three vessels | Ee stroyers Friday— will be here for a three-day operational visit bfore proceeding ‘on Monday to Esquimalt. Visitors will be permitted aboard from “f:30 p.m. to 4 p.nf. on Saturday and Sunday. B.C. ROUNDUP _ Penticton mayor gives in eae gt auxiliary domestic water intake in Okanagan Lake. _ Mayor Oliver twice had over-|- ruled previous council votes to purchase the pipe. —_ Monday he said: “I’m. only the mayor, I can only recommend what should be done, Council decides.” . However, he added he_ still thought council was “wasting the taxpayers’ money.” He argued that gravity storage was suffi- cicnt to make any pumping un- necessary in the city waterworks setup. + + +} VICTORIA @-—The provincial cabinet has proclalmed June as provincial recreation month, when all residents: and visitors will be fuvited to participate in development of additional lcls- ure-time activities. A campaign will draw attention to all local and provincial recreational or- gantiantions. b+ ob VICTORIA (-~ Premier Ben- nett told a press conference that the provincial home owners’ grant will be Increased from its present $28 level next year, But lio would not say by how much, he be & > VANCOUVER @—-Superinten- dent Uenry A. Larsen of the RCMP wil) be here June 11 to see the ship on whieh he made his- tory enehyined as a memorial, Bupt Larsen was commander of the ROMP patrol vessel st. Roch when it twice made sue- cessful trips through the North- Prince Philip blamed for dowsing cameramen —Llondon Evening Star not at all amused LONDON (Routors) —~ Buck- Wehan Palnes cdentod — today that Prince Phillp was response ible for a practices! joke for Wiieh ho has been bluned in Nawapaper crittelsny, "Tt happened Monday at the Gholsen Mowor show. Two press photographers were walking ere Doel - ORMES 2151 WER a eg t west Passage. The schooncr is now mounted on a_ concrete cradle as part of a $550,000 ma- rine museum built as Vancouver's main centennial year project las year. + + + VANCOUVER (?-—More than 200 B.C. manufacturers will com- bine with major retail organiza- tions in the province to promote B.C. Products Week, Aug. 10-15, R. G, Scott, chairman of the B.C, Products Bureau, Vancou- ver Board of Trade, announced Tuesday + + ©} ' VICTORIA «h -~ The city of Prince George has asked Victoria elty council for Information about Victoria's experience. with the counell-city manager form of elvic government. The northern interior clly council has formed a committee to study establish- ment of clly manager adminis- tration system, . toe + KELOWNA, ILC. «amo. daeck Normen O'Neill, 30, former elty accountant who fled to Los An- aeles with $6,000 of $47,000 In tax receipts he stole was sentenced Tuesday to three years in the penitentiary. O'Nolll was on his way to the bank with the tax re- eelpts In October, 1955, when he chartered a plane at the airport ind fled. Pollea found $41,000 In cheques at the nadrport. neross a lawn to take pleturey of the Queen and Philly, who wore thera to open tho oxhibition, Phktp was noarby In a cone bral room fram which a cone conled sprinkler system oundor tie Inwn- could be aperated. Suddonly tha aprinklers sprang to Wfe and tho two eamoramen ancl (holy camorns wore dronch- od, ‘ . Nowapnpera reported that it was Philip who prossed tha but- ton turning,on tho aprinkiors aftor Inquiring which one would calah the cameramen, “The duke did not proas tho button,” a palace spokesman xalcl today. "Wo do not know who did," , . Tho Londen Py Evening star cr ;; people in Prince Rupert. @ lation of city at present stands at _. PENTICTON (CP)—Mayor Charles E. Oliver of Penticton says he wil] abide by a decision of city coun- - cil to order $6,000 of waterpipe for an extension of an # | professional enginger. Mr. Whelan told council that ‘(surveys further to Associated Engineering’s report to council in May, 1958 had been based on a population growth up to 15,000 Popu- approximately 11,500. , Council was told,;. that later studies of Associated Engineer - ing had confirmed the 1958 re- port that the city would be wise to pipe its water from Shawtlan Lake as opposed to renewal and expansion of the Woodworth Lake gravity supply “While the theoretical saving was small the. further . advan- | tages to the city. of:removing the potential high cost of maintain- ing. the> long pipeline “and. the greater reliability. of ‘the, closer supply at Shawatlan Lake made the latter a far more desirable solution,” the report stated. However, it stressed, a large capital expenditure should be added to the Woodworth Lake al- ternative if its standby capacity as now represented by the Sha- watlan emergency pump, is to be brought. up to the standard of reliability inherent in the Sha- watlan Lake proposal. The report stated that in view of the “substantial. rate in- R. W. Long e t . t ive th VICTORIA @ — Ian Garvan, Vernon clerk-treasurer, was chosen by acclamation Tuesday as new president of the Municl- pal Officers Association of Brit- ish Columbla at its convention here. Other officers of the new board are vice-president R. W, Long, Prince Rupert; seeretary- treasurer L, H, Ormiston, West Vancouver; and dircetors R. &m. King, Port) Coquitlam; F.C. Chase, Mission; A, W. Dunnigan, Merritt; J. C, Mehatn, Krm- loops, and Gordon D. Smither, Summerland, Andrew Vandecnasteyan, clerk of North Cowlchan district, was re-clected to the executive as past president while Howard Nicholson, elby clork of Nanal- mo, and A, W. Sharp, sidney village clerk, were re-elected as et bm hw ik | | . e oo | a r |. Council approves | ’ 2: ® a gook engineering report. A. bylaw for $856,000 for presentation . to ‘city, electors to cover immediate improvements to -the Prince Rupert’s water supply and distribution system, | ° has been ordered prepared | oe by City Council. crease” granted the: Northern: B.C. Power Company Ltd... the, total cost of delivering water. over a 30-year period would be. almost identical for’ ’ either: source. ; cog The report also said Associated! Engineering had concluded that electric power was more: advan-! tageous than diesel power... : : 1 A study of the water supply problem, covering three assumed) . .... rates of -population -growth (none, 15,000 and 20,000). showed. that the difference in‘ annual costs, for the two alternate. methods, is. insignificant, re- gardiess of the rate of growth: . “Considering the factor of re- liability, there is no question that the Shawatlan source:is superior, regardless of Prince, Rupert’s growth,” the report stated. °° If a vastly increased popula- tion should require reconsidera- tion .of the gravity system at Woodworth Lake in 20 years time, the Shawatlan pumping system on Shawatlan Lake would be required in full as an integral part of any future gravity sys- tem, - -Cost of minimum program: to. assure a safe and adequate water PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1959 “Sy 4 a “oa « Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Great Northwest SRA RH! Se mel peD Night Calls-—Business 6768, Editorial 6769 ( PROVINCIAL LIBRARY | VICTORIA, Be, 5 Vee ee be FOROS Re Ee Ey OW te a ee are NI atm PrereER me bra HABE a we d, ’ OFFENCE INVOLVED DRINK ‘Theft charge brings - dam.at:Woodwortth Lake plus the supply system for a population]. - of 15.000. is estimated as follows:}’.~ “(@) Inteke” and” pumphouse i electrical “power “ pumping’ “s | fon at. Shawatlan. Lake, electric transmission line and transform- lers $215,000; replacing old 18- inch steel from pumphouse_ to join existing 24-inch pipe, with 1,600 feet of 24 inch steel pipe $65,000; adding 6,000 feet of 24- inch pipe from crossing to pro- posed high level reservoir at Montreal Circle $210,000; new high level reservoir at Montreal Circle $110,000; flow meter in- stallation, alternations to chlor- Inator, fluoridator $30,000. Total $630,000. Estimated cost of alterations and improvements to city's water distribution system is $226,000. At a special meeting May 15 council agreed with the recom- mendations of Associated En- gineering and instructed City Clerk-Comptroller R. W. Long to prepare a bylaw for presentation to the electors to borrow funds for the new water supply and distribution system. Three catches landed here Two vessels sold a total of 110.000 pounds of halibut on the Prince Rupert Halibut exchange this morning and one made a direct sale of 97,000 pounds to the Prince Rupert Mishermen's Co-Operative assoclution plant. Prices for medium, large and chicken size in brackets are as follows: The Atl sold 30,000 pounds to Bnbeock Fisheries for (10.4; 22.5; 15). The B.C. Clipper sold ,80,000 pounds to Pacifle Fishories for (19.6; 10,0; 12). The Blue Ocean sold 97,000 pounds directly to the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co- directors, “ published an account of the Ine aldent in heavy black type on {te front page under the hend- Hne “Not So Punny.” The Star sald tt has tnvestt- Ritted tho Ineldont and Indlented versiong In athor — nowspapors dosaribing itoas “tinny ware off lhe murk, Photographors Walter Lock- year and Mark Seymour of a British domostle nows agonoy wore taxed pnssos for tho visit of Queoly Biznboth and hor hus. band to the Chelsen flowor show, Tho two photographors wore admitted on behalf of all nows organiantions undor a syatom almed at preventing a ornah of nowapaper men, During tho visit, Philip - had SS INA A heh Op. beon shown vn wator systom, Ax the demonstration onded, the photographers moved In to take pletures of the Queen. Phil was raported to have usked men opernting the cone trols oof the sprinkler: "If 1 prosa this will YF got the = two photographorsa" The oporators sald “yes," and Philip prossed the. button, ace cording to the Star. ‘ "Lockyonr and Seymour were drenched with the water which camo Up from concerted sprays In the ground." “Tholy clothes woro xonked, tholr cnimoras wore alxo drench- od. and it waa 10 to 18 minutos hofore thoy could dry thoir ap- sprinkler} ety fin | IWA seeking big boost. in wages VANCOUVER ()—The 28,000- member International Wood- workers of America (CLC) said Tuesday it will show before a concijiation boara that the B.C. coast lunmber industry can pay a substantial wage increase with- out harming its competitive marketing position. The statement came from IWA president Joe Morris following disclosure by Forest Industrial Relations, representing the op- erators, that it had offered a waee:- Increase totalling 12 cents over two years. during recent negotiations, a) Mr. Morris expressed surprise that the disclosure had been made on the eve of a concilla- tion board hearing ordered by Labor Minister Wicks, He sald the proposed Inhercase would actually be over a three- year period becuuse the IWA recelved no wage Increase In 1058, “Ib: was with this in mind that our convention instructed the union negotiators to sock & 20-per-cenl inerease,” he sald. _ “Wo bolleve tha industry can well afford !t. Tho market posi- tlon Is good and profits have been high. We will show .. . that the Industry can afford to pay a substantial wage increase 4s) Without affecting its compet. tive position at all.” The union has threatened to strike if a hew contract Is nat slgned by June 16. The prosont basic wage is $1,728 an hour, FPorost Industrial Reln- tlos anid tho navorage Is $2.20 an hour, Including fringe bene- 4K gow: 41 lots ‘sold Forty-one Crown-owned lots in the clty of Prince Rupert wore sold for a total of $26,250 this morning aba land auction hold In the Governmont Agont's of- fice at the Court House, The lols, ranging In-starting prices from $400 to $1,000 each, wore originally. priced at a total of $10,100 Howard Harding gov- ernmont agont sald today, Of tho 41 lots, 37 are In Aca tlon 2 and tho remaining four ara on Ninth Avonua Woat, Forty-soven Jots wore offored for tho auction with bidding Parete o9e me paratus to take ploturos." see ee awd ae 8 ts starting at tho upset price, nine months in jail /.\gDonald Ross Lobb, 32, of Oliver was séntenced ‘to nine months | jail, to be served at. Haney Correctional. ‘Institute, when-he } ~~ appeared in city police court this morning ‘on a charge of theft of. $143: by: conversion. Lobb pleaded guilty last Mon- day and was remanded until to- day for sentence. , Magistrate BE. T. Applewhaite told Lobb that he. agreed the offence occurred due to consid- erable drinking and would give him a chance to “rehabilitate himself” by sending him. to the correctional institute at Haney. Also in police court this morn- ing, David Garneau, 48 of Prince Rupert was sentenced to one day in jail on a charge of steal- ing two sports shirts from a:city clothing store. Clifton Howard Borge of 1728 Fraser Street, charged with ob- structing a police officer, was remanded until Juné 5 for trial. Mee Ivor Donald Js defence coun- sel, In police court yesterday af- ternoon, John James Parks of 524 Sixth Avenue West was re- manded for judgment untill June 4 on a charge of criminal neg- ligence. PPLPLPS PPP EVE PO POPE COUPE DLOCOORN INSIDE TODAY Womeh's news Page 4 Sports events: Pages 6 and 7 Blackwood on Bridge Page 16 Radio schedule Page (0 Movie column Page 9 Eric Sanderson in Manila Page 2 PPPPLEPIPEPV ELI DP DI ODOEFPVOOO EOS At least six reports of sight- Ings of tho still unidentified light which was watched by Mr, and Mrs, John A. Botsford, 2001 Grahan Avenue curly on the morning of May 19, have been recalved alnce the account was published in The Dally News last Thursday, Among them are Dr. a. W. J. Widdes, medical superintendent at Miller Bay Indian hospital. 346 Fourth Avenue West; Mrs, Bu Gun, 2082 Atlin Avenue, Mrs, Martin Berg, 1127 Seventh Av- enue Weat, Mra. Edwin Enright, 723 Bacon Streot and. Mrs. Guy Gnuthlior, 318 Fourth Avenue nat, It was also watched by three young mon altting in a car at Tony's DriveeIn, who stressed ng did Mr. Botsford, that tho ro- volving white Haht which turnod ved during its’ revolution, ro- coded into tho distance gofore it disnppenred, Dr, Widdos told Mr, Botsford 4 x SOOO RENE I RT OR eee ‘CANADIAN FIGHTER’ PROSP RCAF for adoption into its 12- ECT—The French Mirage’ III jet plane is one of several aircraft being considered’ by the_ squadron European. air division. The Mirage, now in service with the French Air ‘Force, ‘has’ a speed of more than twice the speed of sound and can. be-used | as a high-level interceptor or low-level attack plane: It is considered likely that-any new plane: for the’air division ‘will. - be built in Canada under licence by A. V. Roe (Canada) Limited. Va ee CPR: from: AP. reget % ussia considers bases for Albania, Bulgaria MOSCOW (AP)—Nikita Khrushchev says the Soviet Union is ready to-se and Bulgaria to match an establish in Italy or Greec The Soviet premier, visiting Al- bania, repeated an earlier Soviet proposal for a c&n on nuclear weapons in the Balkan Peninsula to make it “fa peninsula of peace without any missiles or nuclear weapons.” : He warned Italy and Greece that U.S, rockets bases on their territory “will attract our rockets as a magnet.” “These bases are clearly spear- headed against the Soviet Union, against Albania and other soclal- ist countries,” he said In a speech Tuesday tn Tirana, the Albanjen capital. Albania has a common fron- tier with Greece and is only 100 or so miles across the Adriatic from Italy. The Italians have agreed to acetept U.S. intermedl- ate-range missiles which can carry nuclear warheads, and are expected to begin getting them by early July, NO GREEK AGREEMENT There has been no word of a sindlar agreement between the United States and Greece, al- City couple not alone in seeing strange light that he and Mrs. Fiddes watch- ed tho top-lNke Nght for more than two hours on a moonlight night similar lo that of May 19, About wm month ago, The other reports. re more recent. Two of them reported secing the light on the same night as the Bota- fords. Mra. Gruthior phoned the Dally Nows this morning to say that hor husband Guy had seen the light over Digby Island last Might but thot It travelled from loft to right, rather than hover- Ing to the right of Motlakatla, . as roportod by others, She sald that hor husband had beon so detorminod to seo the top-like object ho finally stuck hiy head out of a window to try to keep track of the Ught, thinking !t was an nireraft, but that tt disappeared without hint honring a sound, Nono of tho persons reporting the light can give any clue as to what lt might bo, I t up rocket bases in Albania y the United States may e, r though the two powers have agreed the Greek Army will get American training in the use of nuclear weapons. : The Soviet Union, Khrushchev sald, could establish bases . for intermediate and even. ‘close- range missiles in neighboring sat- ellites that could “blanket” both Italy and Greece. a vox Khrushchev tempered.. his warnings with the declaration that “we. consider the interna- tional situation Is not a bad one. One might even say it is' good.” RAPS GENEVA PLAN at the Geneva foreign ministers conference “offer no basis for agreement.” He sald they were “muddled Into one tangle’ and are unacceptable in such form,” The Soviet premier once again plumped for a summit meeting and sald it was Irrelevant to him where it was held. : “To us the main point ls that the meeting be useful and that world peace be consolidated," ho sald. “To achieve this end we are rondy to go to the ond of the earth.” BELGRADE (Reuters)— Com-~ munist China's defence minister, Marshal Pen Teh-hual, will ar- rive in Albanla Thursday, the Al- Pbanian news agency ATA an. nounced today, Prince Rupert has now gone 132 days without a fatal traffic accident, a Fea type WEATHER— Sunny with cloudy ’ perlods Thursduy. Scattered after~ noon showers over tho hills, Little change in temperature. Light north to northwest winds at tines rising to 15, Low tonight and high Thursday 45 and 62, TIDES— no Thursday, May 28, 105) (Pacific Standard Time) Tigh, w. 05335 18.3 foct 18:43 «18.2 fect LOW cesnee 13007 4,7. Loot o Lagens aa But he sald Western proposals |