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i | tal ‘board.last night.»

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For June: the oO

FOOD COSTS DOWN

slightly down.
‘Administrator E. H,

: H ospital
somewhat rapeoved |

to bei in'a slight ty better shape than a year acs, finance
committee chairman Derrick Ratcliffe told the hospi-

~My ‘Ratcliffe said. that the hos-
“pital's: operating’ deficit: for May
the” five-
month | total deficit’ was. $21,176

ype rating d deficit
was: $3, 383 ‘compared™:to $11,729:
‘in’ June ‘1958, and the. six-month
total deficit: for:..1959 was: $24, 559
compared* to a 1958 . Six- -month
total dcficit of Sal, 471, o

He said that food costs were

sald that the hospital's. in- “Pa.

 

Knight

 

14 days In jail

 

i * ity police

pleaded guilty to

quency.
Sentenced to jail for

19,

hicle anywhere in
n period of six months,
Fined $100 or

was Brune Dirant, 24,

impairment
nets driver
14 days jail

A city youth was sentenced to
and a Prince
Rupert man was fined $100 by
Magistrate BE. T. Applewhaite in
court when
respective
charges of impalred driving and
contributing to juvenile delin-

on a second charge. of Impaired
driving was Stephen David Toth,

The Maegtstrate also prohibited
Toth from driving a motor v
Canada for

in defgult of
payment sentenced to one month
In jail on the contributing charge

they

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tients had dropped:: otherwise |
the hospital might have had an|.
‘operating: ‘surplus-of. $43: in May,)
before adjustments. ae
wfaid_that the: hoSpital's. ad-}:
rom. BritishColtimbia
| Hospital insurance,Service total-|.
led: $67, 000° whereas “receivables”
only totalled’ $47,000. °°

_ “The hospital has. never ‘been
‘this far. ahead.. before” Mr. |
Knight said, adding that when
the BCHIS adjustment was
made, it would be a sizeable
amount, ,

He said: that he nad written
letters to. BCHIS explaining the

the new City of Prince Rupert
3ewer-rental system, and was

   

hospitals budgct.

COSTS BOOSTED
Wage. increases. granted the
union and non-union members
of the staff had boosted the hos-
pital’s costs by $7,105 over the
previcusly-approved budget,
Retroactive pay to the employ-
ees with whom the agreements
had already been made would be
going out at the end of the
month,
fcontinued on page 7)
—See “HOSPIPAL"

Te ore corneas eeneentane matey Serer reemnine ens

Two landings

Two vessels sold hallbut on
the Prince Rupert. halibut ex-
change this morning,

Ocean Star sold 87,000 pounds
10 Booth Fisheries at 18.7 cents
for medium, 19.9 for large and
12 for chicken size, The Queen
Kathleen. sold 30,000 pounds to

 

, 18.5, 19.5

British Columbia Packers for

strenuous sifce: ‘her. Vancouver

waiting tc hear whether BCHIS}
would include sewer costs in the |

cial’ Football Union’ exhibition

katchewan’s Ron: Adam in the

 

 

  

 
 
 
   
 
  

SPEEDY. ‘ACTION of Canadian ‘Press Photo Service | is “shown
above with receipt of photo of last night’s Western “Interprovin-

a.

early stages of‘ the. ‘match. BC.

“won 30-14, That’s Roughridex guard. Ray Ash sweeping up in...
front of the falling. Fleming.. Doug: Killoh and Don Walsh are. |)
_ bringing. up the rear. See story Page 6.

   

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‘Tentative:
pool fees
| appro ved

“Civic Centre swimming » ‘pool
‘admission for . members. . will

game. in Vancouver. Halfback» alkely . be 15 cents for children.

' Willie Fleming, one of the new. faces on the. British: Columbia’ |:
-Lions team..this. season, takes a plunge at. the. hands of ‘Sas-}:
ns approved at last night’s meeting

25 for students.and 50 for adults.
These. rates were. tentaively

of the centre's board of direc-
‘tors.

ep! * Rates for non- members would
; {be 20. cents for children, 35. for

 

least a part of the federal
in-Halifax Au PT
* Today,.. on. the. last: “full | day

 

12142 hour - -schedile, most
visit which, officials shave. said.
contributed to the fatigue which
partially: caused her two-day ill-
ness at Whitehorse, ¥.T. last
weekend,

However, the “Queen herself
has decided against any change’
in. the royal tour program. She
loked. well: and happy Thurs-
day.

FLYS HOME AUGUST 1

Saturday the Queen flies from
Winnipeg to Sudbury, Ont., and
then to Port Hope, Ont., for a
weekend rest at the summer
hgme of Governor-General Mas-
sey. She will fly’ to Fredericton
Tuesday to begin her tour of
the Maritimes and will leave for
home by air from Halifax Aug-
ust lL

CALLS OFFICIALLY
The Queen made six official
‘alls Thursday In Saskatchewan
and Manitoba, the longest being
a five-hour cal) at Regina where
nearly the entire population of
100,000 turned oul to greet her

MAKES WHISTLE STOPS

The royal tratn made whistle
stops at Indian Head, Broadview
and Moosomin In Bastern Sns-
katchewan and at Virden, Man.
The day concluded with a 46-
minute stop atl Brandon, Man,
before the train put in ata sld-
Ing at Chater, Man.,. for the

 

and 11,

night. *

 

MOSCOW

Richard Nixon — told

publia cobnte, It would
fall.

corting hing through
erloan
Solon Park,

» DRUGS: LTD,
DIAL

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great blow (a peace" if tha Gan-
‘ove’ Conferanca were nilowad to

. Nixon traded barbad commonts

with the Soviet lender while os-
the Am-
exhibition = in Moscow' 5

1S ER Be og Pe Bede eg met goo

~ORMES -

(M-—VicoePro aldant_
Promier
Nikita S. Khrusehev face to face
today, in a rough and tumble

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‘Nixon, Khrushchev tangle publicly
at American exhibition in Moscow.

At one point, Khruschev ac-
cused = Nixon indignantly of
throntoning him, :

Nixon denied this, but sale:
"T don't bolleve the cause of
peace js halpecd by your raltor-
ating the polnt you just made
—bthat you havo more strongth
than wo havo, becnuse that is a
throat, toa,

While 200 roportora eavesdrop.
ped, tho two mon engaged In-a
running forelan polley dobrite
while they looked over tho ox-
hibits of dolls, swihnsulta and
nutomobiles,

As thay stood on the threshold
of a modal kitchen in an Amori-

can home, Nixon and Khruachov
siartod bulking about the rains
tive morits of Washing mach-
Inop and .wound up in a somes
tinies bitter éxchanga,

“Loh va not bent around the

 

bush,” Khruschev sald, “Tha
main thing Is that we want to
pub an ond to bases on foroign
anda, This is the main thing.

uy repent until) that happons
wo will apenk. different political
languages. The one that is for
pulting an ond to bases on for-
olgn lands Is for pence, Tho one
who is against this la for war,”

Nixon was Khruachov's guost
at a luncheon in the Kremlin,
Nixon and Khruachov, had mat
In the Kroml{n oarllor this morn-
{ng for tho first time since
Nixon's -arrival Thursday,

The atmosphere was warm In
contrast to the chilly recoption
on Nixon's arrival. .

Shortly bofore thoy arrivod nb
tha oxbibition Soviet officials

throw out books they consldered
objectionable (In the American

Halifax cabinet me eet |
to be chaired by ¢ y Queen |;

OTTAWA (CP) —The queen. will preside. over at 20.

s léarnéd

of ‘her. wester n tour: she faced:.

cabinet meeti

atta ae

today,” -

  

 

RNs asked
to defer
wage bid

Nurses at Prince Rupert;
General hospital have been
asked not to press for sal-
ary increases or changes
in working conditions un-
til early in October, it was
learned at ‘the regular
meeting of the hospital]
board last night,

Publication of a letter from the
nurses listing requests for
changes in working conditions
and salarics was asked withheld
by personnel committee chair-
man E, A. Williamson,

The nurses last year informed
the previous board that they
would not seek an increase in
salaries in the coming year,

On the basis of ‘that Informa-
tion, approved by the previous

board in September, 1058, the
hospital's budget was drawn up

 

rand submitted: to British Colum-

bin Hospital Insurance Service,

Tn view of the asproved ‘budget
and tha fact that no Inereases
could be obtained at this time of
the budget yoar, the personnel
committee at a moeting July 15
recommended that If the nurses
Wish to discuss salaries and con-
ditions for 1960, thay make thoir
presentations. to the board carly
In. October,

At last night's: meoting. the
board approved the action of the
personnel commitioa,

Another porsonnel committec
rocommendation approved at Inst
mMght's moating was that . ac-
countant G. M, Barrow be ap-
pointed acting administrator "
tho absence of administrator E

te Knight while he is on vacn=

on,

 

Non-firefighters
each fined $30

Two men who refused to fight
wv forest fro nonar Atlin wore
each ftinod $80, tho B.O, Forest
Service reported today,

Th mon, Louls Quock and
Charilo Potoe, apponred befare
Maglatrate L, P, Loan nt Atlin

 

Wherry,

Tuly 18,

{ students: and 75 for adults.

Passes’ for the season. and
| books of..10- tickets would’ also
{be made: available on the follow-
{ing - terms:

” Members—Passes, children 36,

 

‘ents $2; adults: $4.*. vo
: Ly Non-members—Passes,- ‘child-
‘tren $8, students $15; adults. "$30.
Books: of tickets, children $1. 60,
‘| students $2.80, adults $6.

ming;Pool Supervisor Peter.-Tud-
hope!showed: that monthly. gross
earnings irom? the pool, might
i total. $1,475—$143 above operat-
ing- expenses of. $1,332.50.

Mr. Tudhope stressed that the
figurés. might - be entirely in-
accurate.

Ina “stiatement. to The Daily
: News. he pointed out that in two
| US. cities of similar size which
biult identical pools; one made
a nrofit, of $8,700, the other lost
$1,200."

“The success or failure of any
pool,” he said, “depends on the
community itself. ”

 

_|that the canvass be cancelled.

1a canvass., might | be

| students $10, adults $20. Books of |:
ickets, children $1.25. stud

An” ‘outline prepared by Swim- |

_ Drive for. funds
breaks down |

- City Council will be: asked ‘for ‘its, ¢o- -operation i in|
finding funds needed to ‘complete the’ Civic Centre

This course of action was ‘appr ‘oved unanimously
ta meeting of Civic Centre Board of Directors: lasti}.
night as a halt of work on the new pool appear ed i im-).

|minent.

A” shut-down of “pool | work
| would cost: $4,000 - and: would
mean the: ‘centre. would’ lose its
| foreman anda “good crew,” com-
mented’ ‘Emile’ ‘Blain, vice- presi-
dent of the centre: :

SENDING. ‘DELEGATION oe

The.board decided ‘to, ;put ‘for-
| ward ‘its requests in a-letter to
| City. Council and’ to’ send‘a dele-
gation. of directors. to the general
meeting of Council scheduled for
Monday. :

The. ‘decision followed. lengthy

discussion in, which it was made .

apparent... that attempts to
launch @ city- wide canvass shad:
broken: down. ~

“No action was: ‘taken. on a.rec-
ommendation: of the swimming
pool - drive ‘steering committee

It was. felt that if City Council
rejects a request for assistance in
raising: the :$28,000. needed _.to
complete, the. $210,000 ‘pool then
the only

 

course open. ,
“LACK ‘OF: SUPPORT
‘Emile Blain, cnairman last
night, attributed collapse’ of..the
pool. fund-raising: proposal » ‘to

lack of: ‘support ‘from. centre . di-|.. :
‘rectors:. (Only 12="4" ‘pare’ ‘quorum | a

—were present at. last “night's

meeting), ‘and: to a “lack ‘of co-y

operation”. among canvassers.

Director'‘A. P.. Crawley... ‘said :
that the present: strike situation |.

had brought ‘‘a sour note” into
proceedings and that the pessim-
ism of a few “rotten. apples”
among the canvassers had added
difficulties. to.work on the drive.

Director T. Norton Youngs not- |
ed that work is continuing on
the pool at present.only by an
extension of bank credit—an ex-
tension made on the understand-
ing that funds would shortly be
forthcoming from a canvass.

Ald. Youngs said the cheques
could not continue to be signed
in the light of present circum-

 

stances.

 

 

RCMP constable

recovering

A Kitimat, ROMP constable is
in hospital suffering from a
flesh wound caused by an aceld-
ental gun. shot, ROMP at Prince
Ruport subdivision: reported to-
day, = ¢

Constable J. Lauritzen ahot
himsolf accidentally in the upper
right arm while chasing a prow-
ler ab abowb 2:30 am, last week-
end,

The prowler gol awey.

Pt) pramonmemes

Cutholic.school

 

TOTES RAN NNER Untey a ASH

at Burns Lake |

BURNS LAKE (h)—Immacula!o
Roman. Catholte school hore, still
undor construction, was dostroy-
ed by. tre Thursday, Thore wore
no Injiivles reported and no os-
timate of damaga, The blaze

was Hellevel to have atarted ba-«
neath 0 stage in: the school's
auditorium, Rov, J. Raynor, in
charge:of tho school, turnod In
tho alarm: to tha Voluntoor Fira
Dopartinent,

 

Prince Rupert has
how gone 190 days
without a fatal traffic
accident,

 

 

 

 

razed by flames

_ Ottawa earmarks $250, 000
for drive against dogfish

OTTAWA —The Fishcrics Department announced today that
it has carmarked $250,000 for a program of control of predacious
dogfish: ‘In British Columbia waters.

Under the program, effective
Immediately, fishermen will be
paid at the rate of 10 cents a
pound for dogfish livers dellv-
ered to liver oll plants and col-
lecting stations.

It will continue {fe ‘he limit of
the funds available ty March 31,
1960. :

The program is a follow-up ,to
that launched January 12 and
terminated March 31. The in-
itial effort was largely experl-
mental,

The dogfish population has In-
creased steadily in Pacific coast
waters in the last 10 yenrs,
causing extensive damage ta
fishing Ng gear,

Thursday,
at Watson Island ovor the past

prior to arrival at the mill,

sald,

Mr. Guthrie noted that a
that tho mill tas sufficiont logs
until Labor Day, |

 

..+ been rejected by the union nego-

). A. company

BL frat yea ey OAR sen ge

‘ 7 Ce lreaneameity fo with! .

PROVINCIAL, LIBRARY:
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‘The Skeena F River gt

independent’ firm, Western

some’ 4,000. share workers * and |:
tendermen in British Columbia’s
$98,000,000 fishing industry’ voted |
in
strike ballot.

Results of. the strike’ vote. “is
expected to. be! made known, to-
night. ;. *

' At the. same ‘time, K. F. Ward-
ing,’. general... manager.:..of .the
Prince Rupert ‘Fishermen's’. ‘Co-

this morning ‘that. a Co- -Op. offer
higher than the last.one made: by:
tthe. Fisheries © Assocfation: ‘had

tiators.
The denial of the. “reported
Western - Tulloch settlement

came’ from Richard Nelson, ‘Sr.,
president.’ of . Nelson - Brothers
Fisheries, -who said. that:. ‘the.
Skeena’ River ‘Fisheries: group
-had received a.telegram from
Andrew Tulloch’ president of the’
firng. ‘which stated: i

“NO FOUNDATION”. el
“fN: ‘foundation: raimors-0 Fen
“company signed - agreement
basis 100. ‘per cent’ union -de-.
“mands -nor having indicated.
intention. of? signing. such.
agreement. ”-- The. wire, was.
signed Andy Tulloch. ey

~Earlier yesterday Homer stev-|"
ens and Alex Gordon, UFAWU.
general secretary- -treasurer and:
business agent, respectively; had
‘wired locals saying that Tulloch-
Western had indicated willing-
-ness to mect the full demands of
the UFAWU and Native Brother-
hood of B.C. on salmon pricés,}.
shoreworkers, tendermen, wages,
and conditions.

A radio news broadcast this
morning’ stated that 300 Steve-

“a

couver last night to reject a new
company offer and approved
strike action to back up de-
mands for a 20gcent-an hour
‘wage increase over basc rates
that range from $1.37 to $1.62 an

hour,

spokesman said
later today that the vote was a
“straw vote taken at a union
meeting in Vancouver and was
not part of the government-su-
pervised strike vote being taken
the full length of the coast in
fishing plants and canneries, -

VOTING TODAY

The tendermen who are voting
today are seeking © quartor-
cent-a-pound bonus on all fish
carried, on wages that now range
between $315 and $300 for a 16-
day month.

The companies: have offered
them an increase of $25 a month
in a two-year contract.

Cannery workers, who are also
voting today in the government
supervised strike vote, have been
offered a 15-cent an hour in-
crease ina two-year contract for
male workers and a 13-cent an

 

PPLOCPL OPP DE PPE IPI PILEOLOR ELIE EDIE TELE ILED LIED LODIIGR

RED-DAUBED PULP LOGS FOUND
IN MILL YARD DECLARED ‘HOT"

Nine carloads of pulp logs marked with red paint ware
shunted on toa siding at the Watson Island mill of Columbta
Collulose Company Limited after the logs were declared “how

Mill manager John Guthrie sald tadny that the hine: oars
wore nmong a largo number of rail cars that had aecumulated

Ho sald it was not known who had applied’ tho red paint,
adding that ha undoratood that the

Mr. Guthrio anid that union mombors had
managomont that the marked logs could not be unloaded and
that aftor a briof discussion the cara woro shunted on to a
siding ponding furthor tnvostigation,

Unloading of othor cars proceeded without Incident, ho

The prosont striko of woodworkors hag, cut off 0 largo

part of tho mll)'s normal pulp-log sUDDIY. ‘
| OPA a PII PIII PN PA IRD FOE PPOPOIODODCOE IPD

hour boost for female workers,

y

two weeks,
paint had been pub on

‘Informod

check’ Thuraday had shown:
on hand to continue operation

| dup of fishing companies: n
the Fisheries’ Association of. B.C. has denied tha :

dicated willingness to meéet the full demands. ‘of thé.

United: Fishermen and Allied Workers’ ‘union. (Ind.
“The ‘denial came’ today: while] >

a. government, 7 Supervised [ :

"sockeye 21 cents for coho,: LOY:

Operative association. announced .

Fed, payment: for brokei-da

   
 
    
     
    

 

 

   
   

 
  
  

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. About 5,000 saimon ° Sishieriien’
have already voted: to. strik pt
union“ballots, oe
‘eo. PRICES: OFFERED*
“The canneries, ‘have. offere
prices . of° 31 cents’ a ‘pound “for:

   
     
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
  
  
   
    
 
  
     
    

cents. for: pinks and 814 ‘cents for:
summer chims.compared’to' last!
year’s prices of 28, 16; 9% and: TY:
cents a pound. Sgt eee
-The Co-Op; which: Tejected:a
‘conciliation report,. ‘made: ‘an. of- &
fer tot:the union - “yesterday : “it.
asserts: is~. better’ that ‘than: the:
‘Fisheries Associa. sion.’ ‘offer:

was rejected.” :

ay, re
iods,. Y4ath-cent. ‘per ‘pound for net” er
fish; ‘Ya-cent per. pound -for. troll: ua
caught fish providing the $23.50
oper., month: special: paymen.-tto.~

: tendermen - engaged isis alimin. a e

 

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storage differential: of. 3)
an hour. 702." i a
‘The. boost: would bring the ¢ ex-
périenced general fishworker ‘Up,
to $2.16 an hour: from: $2.04 in
1959 and to $2.24 in 1960: Pay for
‘am.. experienced. ‘cold storage
worker would be $2.26 in 1959-and
$2.35 an hour: in 1960, up: from
the 1958 rate of ‘$2. ll. Sone

Three forest
fires sighted;
hazard risirig

Forest". rangers at ‘Kitwanga,
Houston and Southbank each :re-
ported a new fire in thé’ week
ended midnight Thursday, Dis-
trict Forester J. R.°: “Johnston
said today. -

The three fires were all quickly
brought, under control. Total's
far this year now stands.at- 40,
compared with 168 during, the
same period In 1958.-

Continuing hot dry weather
in ‘the northern part of the
Prince Rupert Forest District has

 

patrol at. the scene of a recont
border flre near Atln,
_ Hazard in the northern, area
remain high and warm, dry
weather in ‘the rest: of tho dis-
trict has increased fire hazard
there,

The District Forester apponled
to the public to make certain
burning material is properly ox-
tinguished. “And never throw
burning matorial from a car,”
he added, “It's against. tha law,
Don't start.a forest fire”

LIMA, Poru, (#-—Poru's cus
toms omployeos went on. strike
throughout. the country for
higher wagos Thursday, ¢

WEATHER—

- Clondy and cool today and

. Baturday. A fow Ught show-
ors, Winds westorly 15. In
exposed areas, othorwise
Heht, Low tonight and. high
Saturday 62 and 60; Out’
look for Sunday: continulng
‘ gloudy and cool, oe

oat vi

TIDES~

Saturday, July 95, "1060.
(Paulflc Standard Timo)
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