é beet ee Ore ey faa ea rea ealy Bs Seta U0 (Prete pana aT wd a caricarneaane Le get . _ OPP ERM ag DIEM OE Oe RTE UNI UTMEUMEASE CCM hl . : , . " GIN SE RA v k AD anigsiye A Se nee ot tA, - | / | «VECTORIA,- on LIBRARY Bic co 4 Published at Canada’s Most’ Strategic Pacif ¢: Port — And Key to ‘the Great Northwest \ aa oe eee ones ee ey psa ne evan VOL. XLVIIL No, 245 Telephone “FRIBAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959 ' “PRINCE, RUPERT, B.C, Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769 = Bellis tops poll with 2,321 votes Editor of The Daily News 4. Pre-élection. predictio 1S. of.a split vote or close] race were cast-into the dis¢ard yesterday as a record inumber of Prince Rupert.electors returned Mayor P. J. Lester to office by an overwhelming majority... “Mayor. Lester. received: 2,043 et votes, more than twice as many as his. opponents. Alderman | George E. Hills and former parks .. eommission chairman. Arthur 4Murray, did together. . “os _.. Mr. Murray. received. an even 600 votes while 373 votes were cast for Ald. Hills. . ana At the same time, the property owners in the city indicated that}, they were even less in favor.offFrusky 79 and West. 77. wo, the proposed $900,000 water sup-}: Even the 21-vote advance poll ply and distribution bylaw. .."> “held Wednesday and Thuursday The bylaw failed to gain: the|-gave a fairly accurate prediction, required 60 ‘per cent majority by| with the exception of the third an even greater percentage thani| place in which Mr. West led, and it lost in the September by-elec-| Mr.,Krueger trailed. tion. - "-3f- Advance poll votes were: Les- “A total of 1,180. proprty own-| ter 11; Murray 8; Hills 2; Bellis ers voted for the water bylaw}19; Gomez 15; West 10; Prusky and 998 yoted against it, for:a]9; Krueger 6. — Pe 54.18. per cent. vote. A total of}: of the sixteen property own-|; 1,307 Votes in favor were required! ‘ers in the advance poll six voted for passage, or another 5.82 per) for the water bylaw. and 10 voted con th aldermanic nites t fo [against it. ce et cco Str . oe : : : cop | three City Council seats Alder-- € See rrcceeded: eat _man Norman. Bellis set voting -[‘. 4. oe es ge Ld aoe 4 a indicates nothing whatsoever) is history in Prince Rupert by that the total vote of Mr. Mur-| ™ polling: a total of 2,321 votes, poo.) ars ee acdag | the highest number of votes {7°% and Alderman Hills nearly Se me -talways equalled vote f ‘W. Long’s. corps: of.‘counters |§ had completed the first count, || the trend was established. ; “The first count showed Mayor “Lester with 191 votes, Mr. Mur- ray with 46, and Ald. Hills with ‘30:. The. aldermanic..race -pat-j ,tern on the first count was Bellis 207; Gomez 168; Krueger 159; The craft, a/-P-6--amphiblan.-"" piloted by Philip Gray “of! San~: Lorenzo, .Calif.;. :disapy somewhere. between. Annette Island, 300: mil south, a stopover on t The, coast guard: Annette Island said radio -message - fro that it had lost one engine,” dio contact was lost’: after pilot said. the. craft.” fjtrouble. 20 Reported ‘also . aboard; plane were. co-pilot. Carl Burras Smith, identified“only, an engineer; Bob-Meath,,2.v eran Alaska bush_pilot;*" man-and woman, both uniden- — tiffed.. OO agreed ‘The coast guard” search {rescue headquarters --her |the plane was operate ‘Stanford Research Ins | California.. It was repo: ‘|rying a load of electronic’ equip- ). NORMAL: BELLIS, makes history. — HONORARY COLONEL to Prince Rupert Canadian Army Cadets, Col. S. D. Johnston, is shown presenting Cadet Melvin: White with cadet leader’s. certificate earned at Vernon ‘military camp this past summer. Ceremony:took place at Armory. Tuesday night in conjunction with _ Army. Cadets’ “Father-an-Son” banquet. In foreground is Lt. Kenneth B. Harris, officer 7 commanding. local army cadet corps, On far side'is Capt, E. T. S. Moore, officer commanding’ * D Company, Irlsh Fusiliers of Canada, (Vancouver Regt.) —Photo. by Gladys Baldwin. - B.C. ELECTIONS = sits” : rd turnout Prince Rupert's rec kely to top. * staged civic'e ord numbers T “The outcome brought. the’ re- turn.of Mayor: P.. J. Lester in Prince Rupert and. the: defeat: of Mayor “Carrie .Jane’ Gray. .in Prince George, where she had}. run with Jabor: backing. — 9 = In all; seyén of the 16 mayors secking: re-election were turned out of office. — Penticton’s outspoken Charles Oliver was. returned as.mayor over Frank C. Christian, former Social Credit member of Parlia- ment. .Two aldermen-——Paul E- Pauls and Mrs. Elste MacCleave opposed by the mayor were de- feated. Mr, Oliver said he would resign jf they were re-elected. In Greater Vantouver area municipality, George. Hahn, for- mer Social Credit. member of parliament for New Westminster won handily in a four-way race for reeveship. Incumbent Robert Nesbitt of Surrey’ ran third, Reeve Allen Emmett of Burn- aby went back into office with 2,100-vote margin, In Prince Rupert, 3,047 of the 4,260 cNgible volers—for a record 71.3 per-ecent vote—turned out for the ‘three-way mayoralty contest and rejected a conten- tious $900,000 water bylaw. Nearly GO per cent of 4,300 se cement tie trot am acme men 8 Wells heads - ITU local, for 4th term P, Molvin Wells Inst night was elected president of the Inter- national ‘Typographical Union Local 418 for the fourth con. secublve yor. Others taking office are dace ques Manhebn, viee-president for the third term; William Sharp, secrelary-brensurer nnd rie Johanson, agb-atearms, Meated 6a the tinnnee_ and “auditing committed were Doug jny Stlandeing, Daytd Cook and Per Brendstrup.. ’ Wollowine 10 years on tho fl. nanes and miditlng commibtea, M, 2, Monternna was named bo the executive committed, ORMES | DRUGS LTD. DIAL --By The Canadian Press - oi The northern cities of Prince Rupert and Prince George, which with con- : and *stilf-mayoralty “contests saw tivic voter's’ turn’ qut hursday as communities." across \ British eligible in Prince George turn- ed out to elect. Garvin’ Dezell, . a building . contractor, and mayor of the -city- from 1950 through 1953. Mrs. Gray and ~ candidates for aldermen and school .trustees were officially endorsed by the Prince George ‘Labor Council. All three were defeated. In many areas of the province, cloudy and rainy weather com- bined with the lack of good is- sues to keeping yoting down. In Port Alberni Mayor Lor- an K, Jordan was returned to office and in Kamloops Mayor J. E. Fitzwater was re-elected. Votes in northern’ centres, with X signifying the incum- CHEPE POLE PCCLOAO CE POFR OLE PIO IPLVI C4 Bingo draw Pour numbers B-L; 1-23; Bed and I-17 were drawn today in the Elks “March of Dimes” house bingo for B.C, Children’s hospital. Other numbers drawn to date were B-13; B-6; B-11; G-59; G-48; F-28; O-61; N-32; QO-74; 1-21; B-8; N-31; N-36; G-52; N-48: 1-19; N-37; G-6l; 1-27; N-42; [-29; G-50; O-T5; 1-25: N-34; O-69; J-18; B-7; 1-20; 0-68; G-47; B-5; 0-92 and Nedl, Four few numbers: will be published in the Dally News Monday, if no winner has been named, COCALO PLOLELEOTLOIOTECIIUEOLIOTH Six-day sentence for shoplifting Allon McTavish, 25 and Joseph McInnis, 64, were each soentonced to six dnys dn jail this morning whon they appeared in police court for sentoncing on a charge of theft undor $60, The patr, who pleaded gully Wednesdny to shoplifting groceries from the Co-Op centre, had been reniwnd- ‘ect for sentence by Magistrate BE, T, Applewhialte, Marcel Dubo, 32 was commib- ted for trial by higher court yes- teydny afternoon at nv prelhnin- pry hearing on a charge of ose eaplng custody. Dube, appear Ing before Magistrate B, 'T, Ape plowhalte, made no plea but pleated trink by higher court, Prince Rupert hus ‘now gone 336° cduys without a fatal trattic 2151 pee: accident, |bent, ate as follows: ’: |. Chairman—Walter A, Yeo, 384,' elected; .Harry Fedrini, 241. ‘John. West 793. itho third province Bone yas in record Columbia 5, "so ERRACE.", ‘Commissioners: {two seats) — (x) Dorothy M..Norton, 312, Al- lan G. Davis, 252, elected; Ru-} dolph Rapske, :240, S. G. Mills, 207; George Leslie Roach, 103, Marry Ellen Juby, 102. © KIYriMatT Councillors (tnree seats) —(x) R. A. Freeman, 522; (x) C. J. Gooding, 420; (x) J. O. Springer, 599, elected; Walter Bailey, 409. Voters stand — to win shield for interest Prince Rupert volers who went to the polls Thursday stand a chance to win a shield as a re- lceipal eleations, In Prince Rupert 3,047 electors out of an cligible 4,269 went to the polls for a 71.3 per cent vote. Shields, in three categories, were announeed Inst September by Municipal Affairs © Minister Black, at the annual convention of the Union of B.C. Municipal- ities in) Kelowna, Mr. Black told the convention he would award shields to the ally, district town or village achieving the highest pereentage ‘lOWS: .. ‘electors out of an eligible 4,269. sult of their interest In the mun- [, ever given one man. at any local election, 900 os Elected. to the: coux ‘id: Bellis.were Jormer ‘alderme Darrew. Gomez and Michael, W. H. Krueger.”) (po be Aldermanic votes was as. fol- ’ Alderman Bellis 2,321; Darrow Gomez: 2,061;-- Michael Krueger 1,739; JamesW. “Prusky- 997; - The total vote in yesterday’s cool, crisp weather, (with the ex- ception of one shower) was 3,047 In other words 71.3 per cent of the eligible~ voters cast their ballots. : The election, when it came down to counting the votes, was! in no way a close one. black face type. turnout of clectors, on*the third count .14°.0ff;"4 the fourth count one off; and on the fifth count 25° off; on. the advance poll exactly equal “and: on the:final count 25 off." -. Theré= were 31..spoiled ballots in the mayoralty .contest. Other |: spoiled, challenged and reject- ed ballots have not. yet been counted: . The ballot» box’ was sealed for rechecking later.. No one asked for a recount. Alderman. Hills conceded the election early in the count. Mr. Murray’ was not at the polling station during the count. Mayor Lester left before the final tally, as did Alderman Bellis. . Election resuits at glance _ Below are the five progressive counts, plus the advance poll, in yesterday’s civic clections. Candidates are listed in order they appeared on the ballots. Successful votes are ‘in WATER BYLAW ALD. GEO. MAYOR ARTHUR YES NO HILLS LESTER MURRAY © oe) 104 14 30. 191 46 (2) 303 252 99 547 160 (3) 583 488 170 1,006 304 (4) | 867 731 269 1,508 463 (5) 1,174 988 371 2,032 592 Adv. ss B6 10 2 11 -8 Final 1,180 ON8 373 2,043 600 ALD. N. DARROW MICHAEL JAMES JOHN BELLIS GOMEZ KRUEGER PRUSKY WEST (4) 207 168 159 719 qT" ‘ (2) 612 534 470 203 210 (3) 1,135 997 851. 485 302 (4) 1,713 1,528 1,271 732 508 (5) 2,302 2,046 1,733 988 783 Adv, 10 15 6 9 10 Final 2,821 2,001 1,739 997 193 Verne seas VICTORIA () — A newcomer bo the Britlsh Columbla oll bust- nos Thursdny patel $1,008,448 for natural gas and off lenses on ‘J,066 neres In the Boundary lake rogion af northenstern B.C, Amerada Patroloum Corporne tlon, one of the Jarger inde. pondents in the United Stratos With extensive Toxas, holdings, paid more than 26 por cent of the money ralsod Thursday in 1069 Crown roserve michlon which nattocd $8,017,141 In bonus bids, feos and rentals, ‘A record price of $811 an acre wis paid by Donio Potroloym Lid, for 652 ares in the Bound. ary Lake aron, 600 miles north. woat of Vancouvor, It paid $526,- 704 for the bios. Smallest acre price paid was $2.50 by Weat Cnnadian O}l and Gus Uld, whieh paid $259,000 for 06,368 acres of wildent land In northwestorn BC, Another highlight of the ae Won of 986,036 nerves of explora tlon porimits, drilling reserva- tions and natural gas lenses was tho snle of G62 acres In the Boundary Lake oll field ata bonus mel of $461,888 to tha Ohlo Oll Qa, ' The snlo catabiished Boundary Like ollfields os tho hottest apat in the search for BO, oll. Minos Ministor Kenneth Kler- nan sald one reason for this U.S. company pays $1,098,448 to B.C. for oil, gas leases that a pipeline to take the Boun- dary Like ol] to Vancouver and other markets will be built be- fora next fall, The provincial treasury now has recelved about $40,000,000 in ollegas loaves and rights and rentals on Crown Jand since the widustry began In 195), Tho government now plans to hold four auctions a you, me noxt scheduled. for March, Tho province has 28 produa- ing ofl wolls and 71 producing gis wolls and a total of 52 oll wnd 183 gas wells capable of production wut capped becnuso was tho» rvecont announcement of transportation problems, He. said that he was disap- pointed that the water bylaw did net receive the required major- ity. “The problem will be one of the first issues with which the 1960 council will have ‘to deal.” Concerning. his own re-elec- tion Mayor Lester said that he only hoped “that I can prove worthy of the confidence the people of Prince Rupert have placed in me.” The man who trailed the poll in the mayoralty race, Alderman George FE. Hills said that “need- less to say I am very disappoint- ed in the result: of the baNotting on the mayoralty.” He said there was no doubt who the people wished to rep- resent them for the next two years, . “T can only congratulate the mayor on hiso verwhelming vic- tory and hope that he and his council can find satisfactory soe lutions to the many problems with which they are confronted at this time,” He oxpressed appreciation to his friends and supporters who “stood by me In this election.” Arthur Murray, who trailed Mayor Lester by 1,443 votes wasn't prosent while the ballots were being counted, although his serutineors were. He told Tho Daily News today: “whon I sald during the elec- tion campaign that Prince Ru- pert needed a new mayor I dofinitely must have been wrong. I congratulate Mayor Lester on his re-olection and wish to thank those who voted for mo,” Alderman Norman Botlis who topped yesterday's polls and alse any poll in any pre- vious election said he wis sure prised (hat he bad topped the polls, " . However, ho suid he. was gratified to see the number of eluctors who turned ont as tt showed a rengwed Intorest In olvic miattor, “Ym sorry that the water by- law fallod to revolve the requir od majority, I guess City. Coun- ofl will have to take nnathor look to sco If it cnn find a solution to the problem,” ho said, - aty with big problem © -- The failure of the water supply and distribution bylaw to pass a second time, poses a “very ‘serious problem for the city,” victorious Mayor ‘P. J. Lester said last night after seeing that he was being re- elected by a sweeping majority, Se He expressed: the hope that during 1960 “Council will pull together and solve all the prob- lems it can. °. ' Darrow Gomez who ran second in the aldermanic race that that the voters had made a_ good choice for next year’s council.: “Tt also thank the losing can- didates for running in this clec- tion because their entry showed thelr interest in‘civic affairs and also made it a more interesting contest.” mo, He said he will ask for a referendum on the water issue next year, to decide what the people want a pumping plan or gravity system, He also thanked those who voted for him, adding that he will do his best to show them that they didn't’ misplace their trust, {sent out over: the: back because ‘of weather. tions. plane crash in mid-air KAPUSKASING, Ont. @-—Two survivors have been picked up trom the wreckage of ‘two..Un-" ited States aircraft in northéfi Ontario, air defence command seported today, — cee The two rescued were Capt. Roy N. Minor, 34, of Manchester, fenn., and Lieut. Theodore *C, Adams, 24, of Greenville,: S.C, | The condition of both -men was reported good. Mage Lieut. Adams, co-pilot of. the B-47 jet bomber that collided in mid-air with an. F-102 jet .in-. terceptor Thursday, wag. flown after his rescue to the:United States radar site at Pagwa..by the RCAF for medical treat- ment, , Capt. Minor, pilot of. the bomber, is believed to be aboard Michael Krueger was also dis- appointed at the failure of the water bylaw to recelve the ne- cessary number of votes. “To me the defeat of the wa- ter bylaw Indicates that those who voted against it, would have supported the: bylaw. had It been for a gravity system,” He said that the 1960 council will have to go into ull the de- tulls of utilizing the proposed gravity system, Mr. Kruoger said that he was happy to be back on City Coun- ell and will work “diligently for the betterment of the cily.” ‘James W. Prusky said that the clection. results ‘wero the deci- sion of the people, Ho snuld he was pleased that the water bylaw had beon do- foated, "That also in the volve of the people,” he said, John West said that “it has been uw good election” und that he will start gotting ready “for tho next one.” ' Tho. MV Ernmis, froighter of Greok registry arrived at the Canadian Government Grain clovator from the Orlont at noon today to take on a full cargo of No, 1 and No, 8 feed barley, The vessel, whose destination is not known yot, was alroady fitted whon she berthed and londing a rescue helicopter. WAX 7% Work halted Spealal to The Dally News - | STRWART—Information .... has — Wado Construction Company has been forced to discotitinue operations on the construction of the Stewart road, due to heavy snowlalls, en It. was reported that the lay- off ts indefinite and will affect from 45 to 60 mon, Sige A small skelton crew is belng kept on for maintendnee and to tuke caro of the camp,:,",, Spey gate WEATHER= Run this evening and toe night, Oloudy witha” few showers and some. sunny perlods Saturday. Not’ much chunge In tomporature. Winds southeast 40:- this evening, Low tonight and high Saturday 38 and 46,:- % TIDES— Saturday, Deo. 10;. 198d: (Pacific Standard Time) ‘ hogan this afternoon, \ . q a High 4. 03:67 19.1 feot 15:38 | 10.8 foot LOW sionenrs 00540 8.3 feat 22:00 4.5 feot Ave AL 4 Moe eae ple ft it ra a a a aad Sat had Ps haa alt it re bre od YET to. find any trace of the missing — craft.before it-was forced: to turn _ Two survive — reached here today that Déwacn- |